India imported 3.18 million tonnes of pulses in January-June 2026, down 1.46% from 3.227 million tonnes a year earlier. Lower chickpea and urad arrivals offset sharp growth in lentil and pigeon-pea imports, while yellow-pea shipments also increased.
Beiersdorf is allocating an extraordinary €100 million investment to relaunch Nivea. The program will expand the brand’s offering, support innovation and sharpen its focus on consumers, signaling stronger competition in skincare.
Vietnam is advancing technical procedures for passion fruit and pomelo exports to the United States, Japan, China and Australia. The process is opening new sales channels while imposing tighter requirements on pest control, traceability, growing-area registration and packing facilities.
Thai authorities are inspecting corn buying stations, collectors and factories nationwide as 79% of the country’s feed corn crop is expected to reach the market from September through December 2026. The campaign targets unfair purchasing, non-standard scales and pressure on farmgate prices.
China’s peak grape export season is bringing abundant Shine Muscat supply and pressure on farmgate prices after planting expanded across several regions. Rain has affected fruit from Yunnan, while upcoming greenhouse-grown volumes from Xichang may support quality and export sales.
Cambodia shipped a record 5,738 tonnes of durian to China in the first seven months of 2026, while Malaysia’s fresh durian export value rose 342% in the first half. Vietnam remains a much larger supplier, but an approaching 1.31 million-tonne harvest will intensify pressure on sales and quality control.
Prolonged heat has disrupted strawberry quality, ripening and availability across Europe, while higher costs and uneven consumer demand are squeezing growers. Italy, the Netherlands, France and Spain illustrate how weather shocks are producing sharply different price, production and trade outcomes.
Vietnam imported 494,300 tonnes of meat and meat products worth about $1.46 billion in the first half of 2026. Lower-priced imports, elevated feed costs and falling hog prices are narrowing margins for domestic livestock producers.
Croatia’s 2026 corn harvest could fall below one million tonnes after drought destroyed an estimated 50% of the crop. The country should remain self-sufficient, but the decline could eliminate exports after shipments reached almost 910,000 tonnes last year.
Rwanda’s Food and Drugs Authority closed eight licensed alcohol manufacturers and recalled at least 38 branded spirits within two days. The intervention puts production controls and regulatory compliance at the center of scrutiny in the country’s beverage industry.
Ivory Coast is deploying a national cocoa traceability system as it prepares for the 2026/2027 main campaign. The initiative is intended to document beans from farm plots to their first sale and protect access to increasingly demanding international markets.
Vietnam exported more than 2.1 million tonnes of cassava worth over $756 million in the first seven months of 2026. Shipments to China declined sharply, while July exports to South Korea rose 176% by volume.
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