Spain produces around 130,000 tonnes of garlic a year, but imports have risen more than 30% over the past decade, according to El Confidencial Digital. Cheaper supplies from Egypt, China and Argentina are squeezing domestic growers and reshaping prices and origin labelling.
Spain's Guardia Civil dismantled six illegal tobacco factories, seizing more than 20 million cigarettes and 38.4 tonnes of cut tobacco and leaf. The bust reflects a European shift from smuggling to domestic counterfeiting, with KPMG estimating illicit consumption at 55.3 billion cigarettes in 2025.
Argentina exported 7,645 tonnes of pork and byproducts worth US$10.037 million between January and May 2026, up 156.8% in value year-on-year. Industry figures say shifting global supply gives the Americas a chance to become the leading pork supplier.
Serbia plans to become the leading supplier of apples to the Russian market this year, moving ahead of Poland and Moldova, according to NOI.md, citing the trade publication APK-Inform: Vegetables & Fruits. No volumes or prices were disclosed.
Mustard, soybean, groundnut, palm and cottonseed oil prices rose across India's wholesale markets last week, driven by firm international benchmarks, a weaker rupee and thin farmer arrivals, according to Livemint. Soybean processors in Latur have announced higher procurement prices to attract more farmer selling in mid-to-late August.
The World Processing Tomato Council expects global processing tomato output to fall to 39.8 million tons in 2026, below the 40-million mark, as Spain, Iran, Greece and Brazil cut harvests. Ukraine holds its crop at 550,000 tons, but fresh greenhouse tomato prices remain well above last year after growers switched to cucumbers.
Prices for caged-hen eggs in Spain have dropped 30% since April as farms emptied by avian flu return to production. Extra-EU egg imports jumped 750% in Spain in early 2026, with 90% sourced from Ukraine, according to consultancy Areté.
Criminal groups in Mexico have moved from extorting loggers to directly controlling forest territories, deciding who can harvest and sell timber. Official studies estimate illegal logging costs the state up to 20,745 million pesos a year in lost income tax and drives at least 8% of gross deforestation.
Egypt's farm exports have topped 5.8 million tons so far this year, led by more than 2.2 million tons of citrus, agriculture minister Alaa Farouk said. The ministry linked the growth to rising global demand and to newly opened export markets with strict quarantine rules.
Energy think tank CERI has urged Indonesia to strengthen enforcement of its coal Domestic Market Obligation (DMO), warning that a USD 5 per tonne fine is too weak against export margins near USD 68. The Directorate General of Mineral and Coal says mining companies have been assigned to supply 212 million metric tons of coal to state utility PT PLN, above the utility's 154 million ton requirement for 2026.
China produced 21.3 million tons of garlic in 2022, roughly 73% of the world's 29.1 million tons, according to FAOSTAT. It also led global exports of fresh or chilled garlic in 2024, with US$3.15 billion in sales and 2.353 billion kilograms shipped, per WITS. The concentration makes Chinese supply decisive for garlic prices worldwide.
A prolonged midsummer dry spell intensified by El Niño is threatening Honduras' corn, bean and rice harvests, according to La Prensa. With planting stalled and only 10% of producers holding irrigation, the country's dependence on imports from the United States and Nicaragua looks set to deepen.
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