Indonesia produced 4.823 million tonnes of crude palm oil in June 2026, while domestic biodiesel consumed 1.131 million tonnes. Rising domestic use and exports outweighed the additional supply, leaving national palm-oil stocks lower at the end of June.
The Canadian Meat Council is concerned that proposed regulatory amendments could create a loophole in Canada’s food-safety framework, AgCanada reports. The available report does not specify the amendment, its timetable or the compliance provisions that could be affected.
BYD has begun delivering the Sealion 6 DM-i plug-in hybrid in South Korea at 37.5 million won. The pricing puts fresh competitive pressure on Korean automakers as the Chinese brand expands beyond battery-electric vehicles.
Spain’s Royal Decree 1082/2025 creates national lists of approved names for fishery and aquaculture products, including canned and prepared seafood. The rules define terms such as “in olive oil,” “pickled,” “preserve” and “small sardine,” while giving processors transition periods for existing labels and stocks.
Public works tenders in the Canary Islands reached €886.1 million in the first half of 2026, up 37.1% year on year. Wholesale cement sales rose 7.8% to 316,002 tonnes, while housing mortgages increased 31.4% in June.
About 30% of India’s 120,000-tonne summer onion buffer has already spoiled or sprouted, while kharif planting in Nashik is far behind its usual pace. The government is moving onions by dedicated trains and trucks as retail prices reach ₹50-65 per kilogram in several cities and shallots exceed ₹100 in Madurai.
Damaged irrigation channels are making it difficult for Kumamoto tomato growers to secure water as planting begins for the autumn harvest. The disruption is affecting Japan’s largest tomato-producing prefecture, while a wholesale market in Yatsushiro reports an 80% year-on-year fall in pear handling volume.
South Korea’s table-rice area is expected to fall to 659,000 hectares in 2026, down 19,000 hectares from a year earlier. The contraction is twice the recent annual average, but acreage still exceeds the government’s revised supply-balancing target.
Confidence has returned to the Dutch onion market, but the crop’s size profile could complicate sales later in the season. MSP Onions expects only about 30% of onions to exceed 60 mm, compared with a normal share of roughly 60%, increasing the need to place medium and small sizes in export markets.
PT Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia exported $403 million from the Sei Mangkei special economic zone in the first half of 2026. A separate $155 million investment will expand oleochemical production and deepen Indonesia’s palm-oil processing base.
A 50% US tariff is disrupting Canadian honey producers that rely on American buyers. A Saskatchewan producer sends up to 40% of its honey to the United States, while Quebec-based Miel Labonté is seeking Canadian outlets for potential surplus production.
Thailand’s Dairy Farming Promotion Organization is shifting to market-led production to clear 36,000 tonnes of processed dairy inventory valued at 1.5 billion baht. It aims to lift monthly sales to 550-600 million baht while limiting raw milk purchases and developing higher-value products.
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