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Expoalimentaria 2026 opens in Lima with coca beer on the shelf
Peru's biggest food trade fair runs 23 to 25 September at the Jockey Exhibition Centre, with more than 700 exhibitors and an innovation contest that ranges from mango-passion fruit chocolate to a prebiotic mint drink.
Mediterranean fishing quotas 2027 keep the trawler limits
The European Commission has proposed rolling over the effort regime for western Mediterranean trawlers and longliners into a third year, with ministers deciding in December.
Olive oil harvest 2026 starts early in Jaén, Spain
Green picking has begun in the world's biggest olive oil province, eight days before Andalusia publishes its first forecast for the 2026/27 campaign.
Italian olive oil mills get €40m as origin prices halve
A zero-interest Ismea bill will fund mills that pay for Italian olives, as stocks of Italian extra virgin more than doubled in a year and origin prices fell 46.7%.
Japan saury prices triple as Hokkaido landings shrink
Fresh sanma averaged about ¥3,645 a kilo at Toyosu from mid-August, after a government forecast warned of the smallest saury stock since 2003.
India tea exports drop 16% in the first seven months of 2026
Provisional Tea Board figures show export earnings down 13.8% even as the average price per kilo rose, with the sharpest fall in the first quarter as West Asia shipping routes were disrupted.
Peru blueberry exports cut again as El Niño strengthens
Proarándanos now expects 382,000 tonnes for 2026-27, 6% below its August figure, as Peru's forecasters see an extraordinary coastal El Niño lasting into 2027.
Philippine banana exports outgrow available land
The Philippines shipped a record 2.9 million tonnes of bananas in 2025, and growers say buyer demand from Asia now outpaces what farmland can supply.
Alba white truffle season opens at record prices
Prices are averaging €1,853 a kilogram this season, setting up an expensive run into the region's 96th truffle fair, which opens in October and runs into December.
Philippines rice imports shift to broken grains
Manila's ban on premium 5% broken rice is pushing importers toward lower grades, just as China's feed mills compete for the same broken kernels.
Norwegian mackerel season slows as the quota cut bites
Weekly landings fell from 23,000 to 4,082 tonnes as the fleet works a sharply reduced quota and British retailers swap Atlantic mackerel for cheaper jack mackerel in tins.
Austria's 2026 wine harvest shrinks to a decade low
Austria's wine-growers association reports its smallest harvest since 2010, after a hot, dry summer sped up ripening across the country's vineyards.
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