Stavian Industrial Metal has helped bring Vietnam’s first domestically produced aluminum billet to market. The launch marks a step toward building local industrial-metals supply and serving customers in Vietnam and abroad.
China’s GAC Group has passed 30 million vehicles produced worldwide after exporting more than 120,000 units in the first half of 2026, up 132%. The automaker is expanding in Europe through production in Austria and sales in Spain with Grupo Invicta.
Egypt exports 80% of its flax production and accounts for 6% of global raw flax trade, according to the Agricultural Research Center. The country grows 50,000 feddans annually, with each feddan yielding half a tonne of seed and half a tonne of fibre.
India exported 12.27 million metric tons of rice between January and June 2026, up 5% from 11.68 million tons a year earlier. A 9.6% increase in non-basmati shipments, supported by African demand, outweighed a 5.5% decline in basmati exports.
Wheat, corn and soybean futures declined on July 27 as a 10.63% fall in Brent crude weighed on grains and vegetable oils. US crop progress and export data, Brazil’s corn harvest and lower EU yield forecasts added competing supply signals.
Soybean prices declined in Brazil on Monday, 27 July, alongside lower international quotations. Globo Rural linked the move to a sharp fall in crude oil prices, highlighting short-term connections between agricultural and energy markets.
Poland’s competition authority has approved a joint venture between Philip Morris Products and British American Tobacco Exports. The company will organize cigarette production services but will not acquire factories, employees, raw materials or finished products.
Apple’s iPhone shipments in India fell 3% year-on-year in the April-June quarter, reversing 12% growth at the start of 2026. The decline, linked to memory chip shortages, was smaller than the 10% contraction in India’s overall smartphone market.
Japanese corn oil contract prices increased for a second consecutive quarter in July-September. The large-volume price reached ¥240-241 per kilogram, up ¥13 or 5.7% from April-June at the midpoint, Nikkei reported.
Kyrgyzstan imported 8,200 tonnes of cucumbers and gherkins worth $5.5 million in January-May 2026. Volume increased by 121% year on year, led by sharply higher supplies from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Iran.
Bought-leaf factories in North Bengal have stopped purchasing green tea leaves from small growers after banned-pesticide residue was reported in samples. Growers are seeking government intervention, warning that the suspension threatens a supply chain supporting more than 3 million people.
French wheat is losing market share in Algeria as competitively priced suppliers seek entry into the North African market. El Khabar reports that seven vessels are preparing to carry 216,500 tonnes of grain from Argentina, while Russia plans a 40-tonne wheat sample shipment.
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