LuLu International Group is exporting nearly 890 Vietnamese agricultural and food product lines, while Lootah is developing a distribution center in Abu Dhabi. Gulf and European buyers see further potential, but suppliers must meet stricter requirements for traceability, packaging, food safety and sustainability.
Kazakhstan produced 76,200 tonnes of pasta in the first half of 2026, up 3.4%, while domestic consumption fell 12.1% to 64,600 tonnes. Producers increased exports by 43.5% as shipments shifted toward Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.
Nestlé is investing 6.43 billion baht to expand pet-food production at Amata City Rayong in Thailand. The project adds to the company’s continuing investment in a country identified as the world’s second-largest pet-food exporter.
A dispute over payment for flour in Syria’s new currency has stopped mills and bakeries across Hasakah province, pushing the bread shortage into a fourth day. Limited access to the new notes has disrupted flour deliveries and raised the market price of thick flatbread to about 6,000 Syrian pounds per bundle in Al-Malikiyah.
Poland may not have enough household heating coal to cover estimated winter demand of 9 million tonnes. The expected supply gap could raise prices and increase pressure on distributors and consumers as the heating season approaches.
Food prices in Lebanon increased about 14.5% year on year in July, Lebanon24 reported, even as the dollar remained stable. The available data do not isolate the causes, leaving businesses to assess costs across importing, energy and domestic distribution.
Germany’s Carbo-FORCE has signed an agreement for its first Romanian plant, partnering with Oradea-based Pure Carbon Solution and US company CO2-Sync. The facility will use a CF-250 pyrolysis system capable of processing up to 280 kilograms of biomass per hour into biochar, renewable energy and storable carbon.
InPost now operates 100,000 out-of-home delivery points across Europe, including 70,000 parcel lockers. The group plans to deploy about 19,000 additional lockers across its markets in 2026, with its largest planned additions in the euro area and the UK and Ireland.
Hungary is expected to harvest only 130,000–140,000 tonnes of apples in 2026, the smallest crop in 50 years. Spring frost, drought and summer heat have damaged yields, leaving processors short of raw material and increasing likely demand for imported dessert apples.
Shipping companies must surrender EU allowances covering 70% of their verified 2025 emissions in 2026. With December 2026 EUA futures averaging €82.36 per tonne in August, carbon is becoming a larger and more volatile component of voyage costs.
Iranian rice wholesale prices fell by about 25% in a month to 280,000-440,000 tomans per kilogram, according to Nabz Gheymat. Improved domestic production, continued imports and market-regulation supplies have increased availability, although prices remain about 80% above last year.
Colombia’s government plans to strengthen poultry production and open additional international markets for chicken and eggs. The strategy combines cheaper long-term financing, greater domestic corn and soybean output, trade diplomacy and a national sanitary protection network.
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