Ukraine’s household dairy farms are reducing their herds as production costs rise faster than raw milk purchase prices. Household cow numbers fell 29% over the past year, while exports of live cattle increased 11.5% from the beginning of the year.
Russian sales of new heavy commercial vehicles over 16 tonnes declined 18.8% to 102,007 units in 2024. SITRAK took a 19% market share and displaced KAMAZ from the annual lead, while December sales fell 38.8% year on year.
Russian coking coal shipments to China rose 16% to 17.3 million tonnes in the first six months of the year. However, total Russian coal exports to China fell 20% to 34.9 million tonnes as thermal coal shipments weakened and Mongolia expanded its presence.
San Luis Potosí exported $1.68 million of fresh melons, watermelons and papayas to the United States between January and May 2026. Frozen fruit, watermelon and seasonal berry shipments also make the state’s export basket substantially different from Michoacán’s avocado-focused trade.
Sugar prices have begun to rise following signals that India could reduce exports. Analysts expect the shift in market fundamentals to favor Brazilian producer São Martinho.
Morocco shipped a record 714 tonnes of dates to Germany between July 2025 and May 2026. Revenue exceeded €4.2 million, marking a new high for Moroccan suppliers in the German market.
Canadian manufacturers say Ottawa’s 25% provisional surtax on imported wood cabinets and vanities is too narrow and too low to curb discounted Asian supply. The industry wants broader protection as US tariffs weaken Canadian exports and Chinese products gain market share in furniture and flooring.
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp prices are expected to recover over the next two to three years as mill curtailments tighten supply and inventories normalize. Chinese demand remains the main external driver, while limited new softwood capacity and fibre constraints support the market.
Thailand’s cabinet has approved adding grades 7-9 at educational opportunity expansion schools to the national school milk program. The measure adds 582,947 eligible students and is expected to increase raw milk procurement by 87.202 tonnes per day.
Kazakhstan exported 8,900 tonnes of peas in June, 51% less than a month earlier, according to Committee of State Revenues data cited by zol.ru. Season-to-date shipments reached 99,000 tonnes, up 22.2% year on year, with Afghanistan taking almost 60% of the volume. The Grain Union of Kazakhstan left its full-season forecast at a record 125,000 tonnes.
The Philippines became China’s largest banana supplier by value in the first half of 2026, while Vietnam retained the lead by volume. Lower prices and uneven quality reduced the value of Vietnamese shipments in a market worth more than $1 billion annually.
The Hormuz Strait crisis has provided limited support to global coal prices, with Newcastle thermal coal averaging $127 per tonne in the first five months of 2026. The Coal 2026 forum in Moscow will examine prices, Russian exports, eastern transport capacity and measures to restore industry profitability.
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