US ready-to-drink alcohol volumes grew by an average of 14% a year from 2015 to 2025, while total alcohol consumption fell by 1% annually. Japanese producers Suntory, Asahi and Kirin are expanding in the increasingly competitive $22 billion market.
Turkey imported 1 million tonnes of cotton worth $1.74 billion as domestic production fell below 1.5 million tonnes. The industry is seeking to restore planting and widen access to global supply chains through sustainability certification.
South Korean tobacco producer KT&G has begun operating a second Indonesian factory in Pasuruan, East Java. The facility adds annual capacity of 21 billion cigarettes and raises the company’s total Indonesian capacity to 35 billion.
Australia’s High Court upheld a decision blocking MACH Energy’s proposed extension of the Mount Pleasant coal mine in New South Wales. The judgment found that planning authorities failed to properly consider conditions addressing scope 3 emissions, which represented 98% of the project’s greenhouse gas footprint.
Brazil’s installed soybean processing capacity reached 86.4 million tonnes a year in 2026, up 13.1% from 2025. Planned investments of R$7.65 billion could add another 7.4 million tonnes of annual capacity within 12 months.
Imports may supply 35-38% of Mexico’s pork consumption, according to the Tehuacán Pork Producers’ Union. Producers say cheaper foreign meat is constraining domestic investment without necessarily reducing consumer prices.
Türkiye exported 56,335 tonnes of hazelnuts to Germany during the 2025-2026 season, generating approximately $731 million. Germany was the largest market for Turkish hazelnuts, according to Arti49.
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has launched a compulsory investigation into four major domestic brewers over suspected coordination of beer shipment prices. The companies control more than 90% of a market with annual shipments exceeding ¥1 trillion.
The regional outlet 72.ru reported that some medicines will disappear from Russian pharmacies following significant changes in the country's pharmaceutical market in the autumn of 2026, and published a list of affected products. The publication does not name the manufacturers, volumes or withdrawal dates. For distributors and pharmacy chains, the practical risk depends on whether each molecule keeps another registered supplier.
Poland is considering a broad ban on beer advertising and promotion that could also cover alcohol-free products sharing brands with alcoholic beer. The proposal comes as alcoholic beer sales decline and the 0.0% segment records double-digit growth.
Australian pork producers are calling for mandatory country-of-origin information on restaurant menus after Guzman y Gomez confirmed sourcing pork from Australia and Denmark. The dispute highlights a food-service market in which imports account for more than 40% of pork consumption.
Indonesia will continue its national rice self-sufficiency program without clearing forest areas, investor.id reports. The government plans to apply the same approach to other commodities, placing greater emphasis on existing farmland, yields and land-use efficiency.
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