The start of the new 2026 financial year makes it possible to highlight several key developments in the Russian wheat market during the first half of the 2025/26 marketing year. These include higher production, slower export activity, very stable prices and the continued dominance of three major exporters in terms of market share.

The Constanta-Varna-Burgas (CVB) wheat market has entered the 2025-2026 marketing year from a firmer price base than last season, but underlying fundamentals point to a more challenging trading environment. While early summer values reflected a sense of tightness, high regional yields, weak margins and cautious farmer behavior are reshaping market dynamics and export flows, according to sources.

Explore the latest on tariffs and the Supreme Court ruling affecting the steel industry and trade practices in the US.

Explore the global green steel markets as they evolve with new policies and a changing economic landscape in 2026.

The year of 2025 was one of uncertainty for the US vegetable oil market, with unresolved federal biofuel and tax policies sparking major shifts in supply and demand.

Discover the importance of copper in the Middle East in the context of energy transition and changing market conditions.

Explore Brazil's construction sector trends influenced by housing programs and urban infrastructure investments.

Learn how Mexico's tariff package on imported goods impacts the Latin American steel market in 2026 and beyond.

Understand how changing demand and costs are reshaping the iron ore trade flows across global markets in 2026.

Explore the role of DRC Gecamines in copper mining and its collaboration with Mercuria to strengthen international supply.