Vietnam is evaluating agricultural biomass, used cooking oil and waste as potential feedstocks for domestic sustainable aviation fuel production. The assessment will support a phased SAF roadmap as regulators examine supply, airport infrastructure, certification and airline readiness.
Ukrainian farmgate milk prices could reach 16–16.5 hryvnias per kilogram excluding VAT in October as processors and exporters compete for tighter supplies. Higher logistics costs, weaker domestic demand and losses caused by attacks on distribution infrastructure may limit further gains.
Malaysia’s CI Holdings plans to raise edible-oil packaging capacity to 3,000 full container loads per month by FY2027. The expansion comes as weaker palm olein prices, a stronger ringgit and shipping disruptions weigh on earnings and exports.
Italy’s Coalvi consortium has secured an open-ended contract to supply halal-certified Piedmontese beef to leading restaurants and hotels in Dubai and other emirates. The first shipment will travel from Cuneo through Milan Malpensa and reach Dubai by air cargo within 24-36 hours.
Excessive rain could leave about 35 million tonnes of sugarcane from Brazil’s 2026/27 Center-South crop to be processed in the following season, Datagro estimates. Lower sugar content, field lodging and rising impurities could curb sugar output and divert more cane to ethanol.
Global cherry production is forecast to rise 17% to a record 5.44 million metric tons in 2026/27, led by recoveries in Türkiye and Chile and continued growth in China. US output is expected to fall 22% to 317,000 metric tons after frost, freezes and harvest-period rain damaged crops.
Egypt accounted for 25.9 per cent of China's agricultural imports from the Middle East in January-July 2026, with shipments up 90.3 per cent year on year, according to data from the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products. China's total imports from the region slipped 0.7 per cent to $1.07 billion, while two-way agricultural trade reached $4.37 billion. Fruit, vegetable oils, aquatic products, cotton and flax made up 73.6 per cent of the import basket.
Global spirits volumes fell 3% in 2025, but were broadly stable when national spirits, particularly Chinese baijiu, were excluded. Indian whisky, ultra-premium tequila and value-led gin resisted the downturn, while Cognac and Armagnac recorded the sharpest category decline.
The Croatian government has set diesel at a record 1.91 euros per litre and cut diesel excise by a further three cents, leaving it ten cents below the EU minimum. Economy Minister Ante Šušnjar says a switch from weekly to daily price formation is being prepared, while Finance Minister Tomislav Ćorić has ruled out a VAT cut on fuel.
Spain will make a nationwide deposit-return system mandatory from November 2026 after separate collection of small plastic beverage bottles reached only 41.3% in 2023. Consumers will pay at least €0.10 per eligible container and recover the deposit by returning it intact to an authorized point.
Generic medicines accounted for 87.2% of Russian pharmacy sales by volume in the first quarter of 2026. Domestic manufacturers expanded fastest in diabetes, cardiovascular, oncology and obesity treatments after several foreign suppliers withdrew.
Iran is moving the first phase of sugar distribution onto the Bazargah platform under provincial quotas. Provincial agricultural authorities must register authorized users and follow separate guidance for raw and white sugar.
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