OB Beer plans to launch Chalang at the end of this month, marking its entry into South Korea’s soju market. The move means OB Beer, HiteJinro and Lotte Chilsung Beverage will each compete with both beer and soju portfolios, raising the stakes in the restaurant channel.
France’s 22,500 tobacconists are holding rallies in six cities from September 7 to 11 to demand a tobacco-tax freeze. They say automatic inflation indexation, scheduled to raise cigarette prices again on January 1, is weakening legal retailers and supporting the parallel market.
Indonesia Eximbank and the Finance Ministry’s Treasury Directorate have designated 48 Export Villages in Bangka Belitung. The program will prepare pepper farmers, nipah-stick artisans and processed-seafood businesses for international markets.
Georgia shipped 1,339 tonnes of watermelons and melons worth more than $770,000 to Russia in July 2026. Russia generated about 73% of total export revenue, while Armenia and Belarus ranked second and third.
Peru exported $790 million of table grapes between January and June 2026, up 17.1% year on year. The United States remained the leading destination, while sales to Mexico and newly served markets supported growth.
Indonesia has issued garlic import approvals for about 601,650 tonnes, of which around 346,643 tonnes, or 57.67%, had entered the country by early August 2026. The Trade Ministry is pressing importers to accelerate arrivals and direct more supply to eastern Indonesia to reduce regional price disparities.
The EU Deforestation Regulation, rising South American prices and firmer European quotations could improve the competitiveness of US soybean meal. EU imports from the United States have already more than doubled to 547,500 tonnes in the 2025/26 marketing year.
Logika Moloka is finishing construction of a milk powder facility at the Edelweiss site in Kazan with an annual capacity of 3,500 tonnes and investment of about 1 billion rubles, KazanFirst reported. A test launch is scheduled for October 2026. The plant enters a market where domestic powder demand is falling but export revenue rose 1.5 times year on year to $20 million over five months.
German cold stores held an average of 104,000 tonnes of pork from January through July 2026, up from 97,000 tonnes a year earlier. top agrar linked the moderate increase to ample market supply and additional volumes remaining in the EU after African swine fever restricted Spanish exports to important third-country markets.
Global hazelnut exports reached $2.7 billion in 2025, with five countries controlling 83.3% of the market. Turkey remained the leader despite a 29.3% export decline, while Chile more than doubled its sales and higher processed-kernel prices highlighted the value of processing.
MAS Holdings plans to invest about $93 million in apparel, textiles and technical components in Tamil Nadu, with the project expected to create roughly 7,000 jobs. The expansion comes as the Sri Lankan exporter reallocates production at two domestic facilities while retaining most of its workforce in Sri Lanka.
Tanzania is seeking private capital for maize, edible oils and avocados, spanning production, processing, storage and logistics. The country has a maize surplus and growing avocado exports, while a 426,068-tonne edible-oil deficit presents an import-substitution opportunity.
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