Kompania Piwowarska has opened a 230 million-zloty automated high-bay warehouse at its Poznań brewery. The project raises storage capacity from about 23,000 to 58,000 pallets and is intended to increase direct deliveries to customer warehouses from 50% to 90%.
Northern Greece’s rice area is expected to fall 22%-29% to 220,000-240,000 stremmas after production costs exceeded cultivation revenue by about 30%. EU rice imports reached 1.7 million tonnes in the latest marketing period, intensifying pressure on Greek growers and processors.
Ejan reports that the United States is accelerating jasmine rice cultivation across 126,000 rai in an effort to reduce annual rice imports of 1.5 million tonnes. The report raises risks for Thai growers and exporters, although no production forecast or import-reduction target was provided.
Russian thermal coal on an FOB Baltic basis reached $89 a tonne on 25 September, the highest since April 2023, after a 13% gain in September and 31% since the start of 2026. Turkish demand, Chinese buying and higher freight rates are driving the move, alongside the rerouting of cargo from southern Russian ports. Kuzbass netbacks through Baltic terminals improved to 3,795 roubles a tonne.
Pork consumption in Russia has reached an all-time high of more than 31 kilograms per person per year, or close to 40% of total meat demand, according to the National Union of Swine Breeders. A decade in which pork prices rose 35% against 90% food inflation drove the shift, but producer profitability fell in the first half as sales outran output.
Indian customs authorities are investigating whether soybean cargoes declared as originating in Niger actually came from Nigeria and were mislabelled to obtain duty-free treatment. Imports from Niger reached 380,868 tonnes in the first seven months of 2026, despite estimated Nigerien production of less than 100 tonnes a year.
German pig producers face a combination of prices as low as €1.45 per kilogram, animal-disease disruption in Spain and Chinese trade restrictions. Handelsblatt profiles a 3,800-pig family farm whose prospective successor needs outside employment because the operation cannot support her livelihood.
Spain is expected to apply a higher EU minimum tobacco tax in 2028, raising the cigarette tax floor from €90 to €215 per 1,000 cigarettes. Crónica Global estimates that the change will add €1.40 to a pack and could bring retail prices close to €8.
Italian poultry meat and egg consumption rose 8% in the first half of 2026, exceeding production growth in both segments. Poultry imports increased 12.3%, although Italy retained a positive trade balance by volume.
Assalzoo warns that lower domestic and European corn output, quality problems and rising soymeal prices are tightening Italy’s feed market. Expensive fuel, disrupted Black Sea routes and the EUDR’s application to soy could further raise costs for feed makers, livestock farms and protected-origin food chains.
Brazil’s wine market grew about 9% to R$21.1 billion in 2025, while annual consumption passed 3 litres per capita in June 2026. Rising demand is attracting international suppliers, although abundant supply and restrained price increases are squeezing margins.
A multi-year patent dispute between AstraZeneca and Russian drugmaker Akrikhin over dapagliflozin medicines has closed, with Akrikhin retaining the right to produce Fordiglif. A 2026 pharmacoeconomic study puts annual therapy at 24,893 roubles per patient, about 23% below the originator Forxiga. Modelled on 813,058 type 2 diabetes patients, full substitution would imply around 5.62 billion roubles a year.
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