Nepal has challenged India’s attempt to secure exclusive European geographical protection for basmati rice. Its intervention broadens a dispute previously dominated by India and Pakistan and raises questions about whether basmati should receive transnational protection.
Bogатyr Komir and Kazakhmys Coal held a combined 81.6% of Kazakhstan’s primary wholesale coal market for power producers in 2025, according to the competition authority. Thermal coal prices rose by an average of 45% between 2022 and 2025, prompting proposals for price regulation and wider exchange trading.
Food products manufactured in Jordan cover more than 62% of the kingdom’s domestic market needs, according to Jordan Chamber of Industry data reported by Maqar.com. The level of local supply makes food manufacturing a key component of Jordan’s national food system.
Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa regulator says it has completed the purchase of 100,000 tonnes of stranded beans using 280 billion CFA francs. Grower organizations dispute the operation’s transparency and are seeking an independent audit as the next cocoa campaign approaches.
Kenyan opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka has asked Sudan to lift its ban on Kenyan tea imports, imposed in March 2025 after diplomatic relations deteriorated. The restrictions disrupted a market previously worth about US$70 million a year and left Sudan-specific tea stranded in Kenya.
Peru’s agricultural sector expanded 1.2% year on year in the first half of 2026, according to América Economía. Pecan production jumped 112%, blueberry output rose 23.7%, and higher chicken production supported a 2.0% increase in the livestock subsector.
Laboratory tests found that 176 of 491 packaged edible oil, ghee and milk samples in Pakistan did not meet national quality standards. Vanaspati ghee recorded a 48% failure rate, prompting the government to order nationwide testing of loose products.
Tajikistan is negotiating petroleum product supplies with Kazakhstan, China, Turkmenistan, Iran and Belarus as it seeks to stabilize its domestic fuel market. Diesel prices have risen from 10.40 somoni to 16–18 somoni per liter, increasing pressure on transport and infrastructure costs.
Kenya is auditing informal cross-border sugar imports amid concerns about distorted prices and lost government revenue. The review could lead to tighter enforcement, but no measures, trade volumes or affected border routes have been disclosed.
The European Union exported 3.2 billion litres of alcoholic beer to non-EU countries last year, down 11%. Imports from third countries rose 6% to about 500 million litres, while Belgium remained the EU’s largest beer exporter when intra-EU deliveries were included.
A bill filed in Peru's Chamber of Deputies would make SENASA the single authority over food safety in the domestic market, replacing a 2008 framework that split enforcement across more than 1,800 municipalities. The text creates a national agricultural traceability system and classifies failure to withdraw contaminated food as a very serious infraction. Official monitoring cited in the bill found 21.75% of plant samples above the legal pesticide limit in 2023.
Czech public-health officials have confirmed three additional intoxication cases associated with recalled infant formula, bringing the national total to four. Seznam Zprávy reports that most confirmations were based on laboratory protocols.
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