Brazilian wine and sparkling-wine exports reached US$6.79 million in the first half of 2026, up 23.73% year on year. A buyer campaign at ProWine São Paulo 2026 will connect about 20 Brazilian companies with buyers from eight markets.
Marion Halby, managing director of French eco-organisation Léko, told decision-achats.fr that extended producer responsibility contributions are rising faster than recycling performance. Léko groups more than 80,000 member companies and backed the recycling of close to 110,000 tonnes of packaging and paper in 2025, and will extend its activity to commercial packaging from 2027. Mechanical recycling of packaging in France alone is estimated at a potential 7 billion euros per year.
The International Chamber of Commerce has warned that fertilizer availability has fallen by nearly 40% amid disruptions linked to the war in Iran. The organization sees a risk of higher grain prices and a broader global food crisis.
Indonesia’s exports reached $26.61 billion in August 2026, up 6.72% from a year earlier. Palm oil and its derivatives joined iron and steel and coal among the products supporting non-oil and gas trade, although no separate value was reported for palm exports.
The banana market has recovered rapidly since late August, with green bananas now selling for €15-€16.50. High production weighed on prices earlier in the year, while smaller fruit, rising costs and changing trade routes are creating fresh uncertainty.
Greece’s Hayward kiwi production is forecast to increase by about 30%, adding supply to a European market already facing low prices and substantial stocks. Industry representatives expect prices to remain weak until late January or early February, while exporters seek new outlets in Vietnam and Mexico.
The Bank of Italy says geopolitical fragmentation, Russia-related risks and sovereign debt concerns are increasing interest in gold. The assessment highlights the metal’s appeal when confidence in political and financial stability weakens.
Malaysian palm oil futures ended a six-session losing streak, supported by a 1.85% rise in Chicago soyoil and firmer crude oil. The December contract closed 0.95% higher at 4,578 ringgit per metric ton as traders awaited new Malaysian supply-and-demand data.
Mostakbal Misr Industrial City is designed to take in about 3.4 million tons of agricultural raw material a year and turn it into roughly 1.7 million tons of finished products, according to youlyou.com citing data from the Mostakbal Misr Authority for Sustainable Development. The site pairs New Delta crop output with processing lines for juice concentrates, par-fried potatoes, dried onion, feed, sugar and oils. Cold and freezing storage totals 90,000 tons across five facilities.
The European Commission has refused Poland's request to raise EU intervention prices for cereals, according to a reply from the Polish Ministry of Agriculture reported by Tygodnik Rolniczy. Polish farm chambers had argued that one tonne of wheat buys only about 120 litres of diesel and that wheat prices are at their lowest level in 20 years. The Commission said intervention is a safety net for exceptional situations, not a price-support tool tied to production costs.
Natural rubber is on course for a fifth straight year of supply shortfall. ANRPC puts the 2026 global gap at about 213,000 tonnes, while Vietnamese brokerage VDSC expects the deficit to extend into 2027. RSS3 passed 72 million dong per tonne in early September, the highest since 2021, lifting forecast gross margins at Vietnamese plantation companies to 37.7%.
Iran may need less imported red meat as the weak currency and higher regional livestock prices narrow its discount to domestic supply. Better pastures and herd reproduction could support local output, while weaker household purchasing power is curbing demand.
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