Retail onion prices in India have roughly doubled year-on-year, with bulbs that sold at 30 rupees a kilogram trading again at 60 rupees, as drought-like conditions hit Maharashtra, the source of about 40% of national output. A Citi Research report cited by ABP Live puts more than 49.4% of the country under drought-like conditions at the end of September 2026, with rainfall 12% below the long-period average.
The Minister of Industry and Trade signed Decision No. 2433/QĐ-BCT on 28 September 2026 approving a scheme to develop Vietnam's commodity derivatives market through 2030, with orientation to 2045. The plan targets 8-10 million contracts a year, 300-500 participating companies and domestic reference prices for 3-5 key commodities. Coffee, rice, rubber, pepper and cashew alone represent an underlying physical base of roughly US$30 billion a year.
Footwear exports from Emilia-Romagna reached about €472 million in the first half of 2026, an increase worth roughly €54 million, according to Assocalzaturifici data reported by ANSA. Provincial performance diverged sharply, with Piacenza up 39.3% and Forlì-Cesena still absorbing 82.7% of the region's authorised short-time work hours in the leather chain.
Russia's 2026 grain harvest may reach 140-141 million tonnes including the new regions, but shipments in the first quarter of the season came to only 8-8.5 million tonnes against 14 million a year earlier, according to ProZerno estimates published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Limited use of Azov-Black Sea export capacity could leave 14-20 million tonnes unexported and push carry-out stocks to 28-35 million tonnes by July 2027.
International trade in wine and must fell 8.3% in volume and 5.2% in value in the first half of 2026, according to an analysis presented to the EU Wine Market Observatory. A 3.3% rise in average prices cushioned the revenue decline but did not stop a faster loss of shipped quantities, with bulk wine down 14.5% in volume and sparkling the only major category to grow in value.
A study by The European House – Ambrosetti for Pastai di Unione Italiana Food values Italy's extended pasta chain at €14.3 billion of value added, or 0.6% of national GDP, spread across 143,000 businesses and 78,000 jobs. Italy accounts for 48.3% of international pasta trade with €4 billion of exports, and direct-chain turnover reached €13.5 billion in 2025 on output of 4.2 million tonnes.
Japan has granted market access to Argentine beef, allowing exports to resume after 20 years, according to Japanese media reports. The available reporting does not specify the start date, the list of approved Argentine plants, or whether access covers chilled or frozen product. Argentine exporters return to a market where Japanese buyers have spent two decades sourcing from a narrow set of origins.
Sağlığa Evet Derneği says a tobacco bill expected in Turkey's parliament in October, framed around a "smoke-free generation" and a 2040 end to tobacco use, may prepare legal ground for electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products. The association cited 160 billion cigarettes sold in 2025 and a 34.8% prevalence rate, and called for enforcement of existing Law No. 4207 instead of new legislation.
Asia's seaborne thermal coal market has entered a contraction phase, with demand and supply both easing, according to a Reuters analysis cited by the Korea Economic Daily. Supply is expected to decline slightly faster than demand, keeping prices relatively stable. Asia accounts for about 90% of global seaborne thermal coal trade, while risk around the Strait of Hormuz is extending coal's operating life.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded contracts for 12 million pounds of California walnut kernels, equal to 28 million pounds in-shell, at a value of nearly $30 million. The deal lifts total 2026 Section 32 walnut purchases to $45 million, covering almost 17 million pounds of kernels bound for food banks. The California Walnut Commission says the buy helps cut carry-in stocks from the second-largest crop on record.
Berliner Morgenpost reports that German wood pellet prices are climbing to new highs at the start of the heating season, with tonne prices still unpredictable. A year ago buyers paid roughly 110 euros less per tonne; February 2026 brought a first annual peak just above 400 euros, and the market has been rising sharply again since mid-June. Experts are split on whether prices ease in the short term or hold at this level.
Demand for Apple's iPhone 18 Pro in India has risen by nearly 20% versus the iPhone 17 Pro at the same point last year, according to MacDailyNews, despite a base price equivalent to about $1,700. Counterpoint Research director Tarun Pathak expects Apple's volume market share in India to reach 10% in 2026, up from 4% in 2022. Zero-interest financing keeps monthly instalments below 10% of the handset price.
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