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| Agriculture: Crops & Grains

Myanmar corn trade slows as Thailand’s CP Group suspends July purchases

Myanmar’s domestic corn market has cooled after Thailand-based CP Group suspended purchases for the whole of July. The interruption affects a trade corridor through which Myanmar plans to ship as much as 1.3 million tonnes of corn to Thailand this year.

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Martin Keller
Senior Agricultural Commodities Analyst
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| Energy & Fuels

INA and Petrol limit fuel purchases at Croatian filling stations

INA and Petrol have introduced limits on the amount of fuel customers can buy at filling stations in Croatia. INA said it was closely monitoring developments on international markets, but the available report did not specify the limits, their geographic coverage or their expected duration.

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Daniel Brooks
Lead Energy Markets Analyst
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| Energy & Fuels

Lithuania faces heating cost rise as biofuel and European gas prices climb

Lithuanian district heating suppliers warn that bills could rise by 25% or more in the coming heating season. Biofuel products are already about 40% more expensive than last summer, while European gas prices have nearly doubled from a year ago amid low storage levels and tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.

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Daniel Brooks
Lead Energy Markets Analyst
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| Agriculture: Crops & Grains

Polish hog prices jump 29.6% in two weeks as Spanish pork supplies tighten

Polish finished-hog prices rose by more than 29.6% in two weeks, with some class E offers reaching PLN 7.00 per kg. Reduced Spanish supply after a heatwave has increased demand for Polish animals, although market participants disagree over whether this fully explains the rally.

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Martin Keller
Senior Agricultural Commodities Analyst
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| Food & Beverages

World coffee crop forecast to reach record 190 million bags

Global coffee production is forecast to reach a record 190 million bags in the new campaign beginning in October, Agence Ecofin reports. A crop of that size could improve availability across the supply chain, although its effect on prices will depend on origin-level output, quality and the pace of deliveries.

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Isabella Romano
Lead Food & Beverage Analyst
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| Food & Beverages

Greece tightens street-market rules as Attica vendors face single-category licences

A ministerial decision requires professional vendors in Attica’s street markets to select one of nine activity categories and sell only within it after a six-month transition. Nea Kriti reports that the wider framework applies across Greece, while producer-vendors remain restricted to goods from their own production.

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Isabella Romano
Lead Food & Beverage Analyst
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