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Indonesia halal certification: what's actually mandatory from 17 October 2026
Indonesia's halal certification deadline for imported food, beverages and slaughter products lands 17 October 2026. Here's what's actually enforced, how (it's not a customs blockade), and what to do before the deadline.
alertEUDR: obligations for exporters from December 2026
The EU Deforestation Regulation's compliance dates stand at 30 December 2026 (large/medium operators) and 30 June 2027 (micro/small, with a carve-out). The underlying country-risk list survived a Parliament objection. Here's what actually applies and when.
analysisCold-chain capacity across our verified service providers: what the certifications actually show
A first data cut from our verified provider registry: 15 providers with sourced facts, 3 of them cold-storage operators with real temperature-zone and certification data across Indonesia and Japan.
newsEU adopts EUDR product-scope revision and Information System rules
On 13 July 2026 the European Commission adopted a Delegated Act revising which products fall under the EU Deforestation Regulation, plus an Implementing Act fixing the technical rules for due diligence statement submission.
newsUS suspends Dominican mango imports over fruit fly trapping non-compliance
APHIS suspended Dominican mango imports around 18 July 2026 after repeated inspections found the required fruit fly trapping threshold persistently exceeded on export farms.
newsOcean freight rates peaked in early July, then softened as US tariff action bit
Drewry's World Container Index hit a 22-month high of $4,639/FEU on 9 July 2026, then fell to $4,255/FEU by 30 July as demand softened following new US tariff measures.
newsTyphoon aftermath, Andean snow closure and low Rhine levels hit trade lanes concurrently
Kuehne+Nagel's weekly operational report for 22-28 July 2026 recorded simultaneous disruption across Chinese ports (Typhoon Noul aftermath), the Chile-Argentina Los Libertadores crossing (snow closure), and low water on the Rhine and Danube.
newsPeru's H1 2026 agri-exports up 5%, against a forecast strong El Niño for the 2026/27 season
Peru's agricultural exports reached $5.4 billion in H1 2026, up 5% year on year, led by avocados, grapes and blueberries, against forecasts of a strong coastal El Niño developing into early 2027.
newsChina signals continued streamlining of agri-food market access through 2030
China's General Administration of Customs said it will continue optimising quarantine and market-access procedures for agri-food imports through the 2026-2030 plan period, having granted access to 264 product types from 79 additional countries since the start of 2026.