The USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service expects EU peach and nectarine imports to reach 50,000 tonnes in 2026/27, up 22.4% from about 40,834 tonnes, and lists Morocco among the supplying origins alongside South Africa, Turkey and Chile. The increase comes despite a European crop forecast 11.5% higher at 3.49 million tonnes. The bloc remains a net exporter, with shipments of 135,000 tonnes projected.
Thrace Plastics is planning €20–25 million of investment in 2026, including a €14.59 million expansion of its packaging plant in Xanthi. The Greek group is also entering Australia and New Zealand through its acquisition of BHA Holdings.
Indonesian cane farmers are asking the government to raise the purchase benchmark for cane sugar by 16.38% to at least Rp16,875 per kilogram. Growers also want the retail price ceiling abolished, arguing for a different approach to price formation.
Slaughterhouses in Pará exported 130,000 tonnes of beef worth $745.2 million from January through July 2026, according to Agrostat data compiled by Globo Rural. Despite that volume, the absence of direct access to China remains a major commercial challenge for the state’s processors.
Russian wholesale prices for Pacific herring fell 30% year on year after the 2025 catch increased by the same rate to a record level. The wholesale price now stands at 110 rubles per kilogram, while fishers’ asking prices start at 65 rubles.
Iran’s National Olive Council is seeking an early decision on guaranteed olive purchases as growers market a high-quality crop. The industry also wants more processing investment and a coordinated effort to develop sales in Iraq and Pakistan.
The European Commission says Germany’s planned extension of mandatory animal-husbandry labeling to imported meat is incompatible with EU rules in its current form. The objections raise compliance risks for producers and retailers ahead of the postponed pork-label launch in early 2027.
India's government has allowed about 350,000 tonnes of refined sugar reserved for export to be sold on the domestic market instead, News18 Hindi reported. The stated aim is to raise local availability and restrain rising sugar prices. The tonnage is a reallocation of existing stock, not new production.
Turkey will reduce its import tariff on oilseed sunflower seed from 20% to 12% on October 1, two months earlier than previously scheduled. The measure is intended to secure supplies for processors and limit upward pressure on refined sunflower oil prices.
South Korea’s craft beer market fell from 152 billion won in 2021 to 75.2 billion won in 2023, according to the Korea Craft Brewers Association. Sankei reports that dependence on low-priced convenience-store sales weakened consumer interest, while Japanese beer regained ground after the 2019 boycott.
Vietnam imported about 108,200 tonnes of meat and meat products from India in the first half of 2026, with frozen buffalo meat accounting for most of the volume. Competitive prices and a domestic herd that supplies only half of demand are supporting imports, while product mislabeling is increasing pressure for stronger traceability.
British Columbia Premier David Eby is urging Ottawa to widen Canada's answer to the latest United States tariffs beyond matching import duties. His two most prominent proposals are reconsidering the $12 billion F-35 fighter jet purchase from the United States and putting shipments of American coal on the table. No federal decision on either idea has been announced.
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