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EU Proposal On Payment Terms Will Impact SME Retailers, Independent Retail Europe Says

Independent Retail Europe, the association representing groups of independent retailers across the European Union, has warned that the European Commission&...

Ukraine Thanks Bulgaria For Not Extending Food Export Restrictions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was grateful to Bulgaria for not extending restrictions on Ukrainian grain exports from 15 September.

Cristal Union Invites French Farmers To Go Back To Sugar Beet

French farmers should consider turning back to sugar beet in 2024 after a drop in planted area in recent years, France's No. 2 sugar maker Cristal Union sa...

Südzucker Unit Drops Plan To Lift French Sugar Output, Citing Ukraine Imports

Sugar maker Saint Louis Sucre, owned by Germany's Südzucker, asked French farmers not to increase their beet output in 2024 to avoid a fall in prices...

World Food Price Index Back At Two-Year Low Despite Rice Surge: FAO

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in August to a new two-year low, reversing a rebound seen the previous month, as a decline in most...

German Exporters See Decline In Trade In 2023: BGA

Most German exporters see trade declining or even strongly declining in 2023, the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA) has said...

UK Consumers 'Very Thoughtful' On Big Ticket Spending, Asda Chair Says

People in the UK are thinking very hard about spending on so-called big ticket items, the chairman of supermarket Asda has said.

Ukraine Winter Wheat Sowing Seen Unchanged Despite Export Crisis

Ukrainian farmers are not expected to reduce the area of winter wheat they sow for the 2024 harvest despite higher logistics costs due to the wartime expor...