Mexico suspended imports of pork and pork products from Spain after an African swine fever outbreak, barring hams, sausages, cured products and pet-food raw material. Japan has also closed its market, as neither accepts regionalization. China, Spain's top buyer, may accept it but would still block farms in the outbreak province, exposing fourteen Barcelona meat companies.
Russian exports of meat and meat products rose 10.6% in 2025 to more than 911,000 tonnes, a record, according to Agroexport data cited by TASS. Poultry led the gains, with volumes up 9% and export revenue up 15%; chicken meat and offal alone rose 14%.
The EU-Australia free trade agreement signed on 24 March opens the European market to 25,000 tonnes of duty-free sheep meat. Spain's Interovic warns the deal could erase close to 770,000 hectares of pasture and wants sheep named a sensitive sector, while France's meat interprofession has appealed to Emmanuel Macron.
The Lithium Triangle of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia holds 43% of the world's lithium resources, according to EBC Financial Group. Despite that dominance, EBC warns the region could face a supply shortfall by 2028, as resource wealth does not automatically translate into output.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether decades of mergers turned the fertilizer industry into an illegal monopoly, with Texas Gulf Coast plants at the center. Prices topped $1,600 a ton after 2021 and rose more than 25% again after the U.S. strike on Iran, squeezing farmers.
SABIC Agri-Nutrients is preparing to take a final investment decision on its seventh ammonia and urea plant, projected to lift sales volumes by about 54 percent. The facility would add 1.2 million mtpa of ammonia and roughly 2.6 million mtpa of urea, according to ChemAnalyst.
The Heritage Foundation has published a commentary criticizing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's electric vehicle arrangement with China and calling it dangerous for North American auto trade. The piece is framed around the integrated Canada-US-Mexico automotive market, without quantifying tariffs or volumes.
Cameroon has prohibited the export of unprocessed logs from 91 tree species under a decree signed on 28 April 2026 by Forests Minister Jules Doret Ndongo. The move deepens the country's push toward local wood processing and forces international buyers toward sawn or semi-finished timber.
Russian exports of pork, beef and edible offal to China rose 1.4 times in the first five months of 2026, exceeding 53,000 tonnes worth almost $156 million, according to Agroexport data cited by Interfax. Pork dominated with 46,500 tonnes, while beef and cattle offal reached 6,700 tonnes.
Morocco's government is examining the import of live sheep from Europe to ease persistent red-meat inflation, according to informed sources cited by Hespress FR. The measure is under study, with no confirmed volumes, suppliers or timeline.
Steelmaker Aperam will invest almost R$1.5 billion to expand charcoal production and decarbonization projects, funded through a package from the World Bank's IFC. The money will modernize charcoal furnaces, buy eucalyptus plantations and scale bio-oil output. It is the IFC's first sustainability investment in Brazil's steel and metals sector.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries began a four-day audit of Brazil's animal sanitary system on Tuesday, the 10th, a step toward opening its market to Brazilian beef. Market opening could be announced in November, during COP30 in Belém.
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