A large, government-backed potato-processing plant is being built in Ukraine. Its planned french-fry output is expected to significantly exceed domestic demand, potentially displacing Polish shipments and turning Ukraine into a regional supplier.
General Motors is launching Buick in South Korea with the China-built Electra E7, a five-seat plug-in hybrid SUV priced in the KRW 43 million-KRW 54 million range. Sales begin in November through Chevrolet’s national retail network, while battery sourcing and acceptance of a China-produced premium vehicle remain early tests.
Argentina’s wood-pellet producers are targeting dairy, poultry and other heat-intensive agricultural industries as new sources of domestic demand. The country had about 10 production plants identified by 2025 and 1.3 million hectares of forest plantations supporting its biomass supply.
Russian consultancy ProZerno expects the 2026 buckwheat crop at 794,000 tonnes, rice at 833,000 tonnes and millet at 240,000 tonnes, all below 2025 levels. Smaller planted area is the main reason, with yields also lower for every crop except millet. Company head Vladimir Petrichenko says the market has not yet priced the shortfall in, as harvesting continues and prices fall.
Côte d’Ivoire has made producer cards mandatory for cocoa transactions in the 2026-2027 season. The country also plans to raise annual processing capacity from 1.16 million to 1.34 million tonnes as it targets a 50% domestic grinding rate by 2030.
Russia shipped 1.3 million tonnes of coal to Egypt in the first half of 2026, 2.6 times the volume recorded a year earlier. Russia’s share of Egyptian coal imports rose to 46%, while the US share fell to 50%.
Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals program is creating new demand for chicken and eggs, contributing to higher chicken prices. Economists are calling for production incentives, financing and technical support as a Rp2.2 trillion livestock-production hub is developed.
Global cocoa quotations are declining as beans arrive faster from Ivory Coast and stocks in ICE-certified warehouses remain elevated, Bisnis.com reported. The combination erodes the scarcity premium that carried the market through two seasons and shifts pricing power toward grinders and buyers.
Libya received six containers of Egyptian eggs during the week preceding the report, according to Cairo 24. The shipment provides a fresh indication of commercial access for Egyptian poultry suppliers, although its volume and value were not disclosed.
Mexico produced 150,000 more tonnes of chicken and 81,000 more tonnes of eggs, but the value of output fell by $587 million and $894 million, respectively. Lower prices in the production chain have not been fully reflected in consumer prices.
Greek supplement companies are raising whey protein prices as global demand outpaces supplies linked to cheese production. European producers remain able to serve Greece, but delays, limited availability and rapidly rising raw-material costs are pressuring inventories and margins.
Poland’s National Revenue Administration conducted more than 1,200 inspections of the e-cigarette and refill-liquid market in the first half of 2026. Authorities secured more than 6.7 million millilitres of e-liquid and 424,400 e-cigarettes while targeting excise noncompliance and tax fraud.
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