Strong Philippine demand has lifted Myanmar’s GW-11 rice to about $580 per tonne, roughly $100 above comparable Thai rice. The premium is intensifying competition for supplies in Myanmar and challenging established exporters Vietnam and Thailand.
Thailand has approved a 46.6075 million baht program to absorb mature coconuts and support farmers affected by falling prices. The plan targets 10 million fruits for sale and 500 tonnes of dried coconut meat across eight major producing provinces.
Cameroon’s food import bill fell by about 17% year on year to 54 billion FCFA in the first quarter of 2026. Lower rice and maize purchases drove the decline, but the national statistics institute warned that supply and producer risks remain.
Vietnam has introduced a special framework allowing TKV to coordinate mineral operations and sales across its corporate group. The rules cover coal, bauxite, alumina, aluminum, copper cathode and other important minerals, while establishing specific treatment for unsuccessful exploration and investment costs.
Honduras holds strategic reserves of 120,000 quintals of beans and 76,000 quintals of corn, according to the IHMA. The agency says supplies are sufficient despite drought damage, although producers and traders have warned of shortages.
CME Group expects trading in its new sorghum basis futures to begin on August 24, 2026, subject to regulatory review. The physically delivered CBOT contract will track the price difference between sorghum and corn and use a Kansas elevator network.
Thailand’s Department of Internal Trade is working with three wholesale markets and six modern retail groups to distribute at least 10,000 tonnes of southern fruit. The campaign focuses on durian, mangosteen and langsat entering the market in August 2026.
The Malaysian Palm Oil Council expects crude palm oil prices to remain above RM4,600 per tonne in September. Seasonal production declines, firm biodiesel demand and disruptions to sunflower and refined-oil trade are tightening the global vegetable-oil outlook.
Stored photovoltaic energy supplied almost 700 MW to Romania’s grid after Cernavodă Unit 2 shut down, helping cover the evening peak without major imbalances. Solar generation exceeded 50% of national output the following day, but the sudden availability of storage capacity has raised questions about earlier reliance on imports.
China took about 3.7 million tonnes of Vietnamese cassava and cassava products in 2025, worth $1.17 billion, or 94.1% of the sector's export volume. Vietnam supplied 53.83% of Chinese cassava starch imports in the first quarter of 2026. Hanoi is pushing processors beyond dried chips and basic starch, but fewer than 5% of growers hold contracts with mills.
Córdoba-based Productos Esenciales has secured its first orders from US functional-beverage company Yerba Madre for 20 tonnes of organic yerba mate extract worth about $400,000. The Argentine producer plans to raise output for the relationship to 100 tonnes in 2026 and 240 tonnes in 2027.
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