Cherries

Unifruttihas announced the acquisition of 100% of Sociedad Exportadora Verfrut ('Verfrut'), a major producer and exporter of fresh fruit products in South America. Apples and blueberries also among Verfrut's crops read more

Unifrutti, the world's leading producer and distributor of fresh fruit, has acquired 100 per cent of Verfrut, a producer and exporter from South America. read more

On January 20, 2024, a cargo ship full of Chilean cherries in cold storage arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Containers Dock after a journey of over 20,000 miles on the sea, bringing to Chinese consumers cherries, a fruit that represents good luck. read more

Kent fruit grower Bardsley England is in the process of being wound down by parent company Camellia Plc after suffering “unsustainable losses”. read more

Unifrutti has acquired South American grower-exporter Verfrut as part of its strategy to build a globally diversified premium fruit platform. read more

On January 20, 2024, a cargo ship full of Chilean cherries in cold storage arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Containers Dock after a sea journey of over 20,000 miles. Cherries symbolise good luck in China and also symbolized a successful maiden voyage for JWM, who are using chartered
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In the past two weeks, seaborne Chilean cherries have arrived in numbers. It is understood that compared with the first week of this month, the quality of the recently arrived cherries is more ideal, the loss ratio is significantly reduced, and the hardness is improved. As the volume of cherries
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Growing and shipping 1,3 million boxes of cherries in some 300 containers from Chile to China may sound likes the easy part. Building a brand, marketing and selling it to consumers in China is where the trick lies for Greenvic and their partner Agrovision. Through the Viconto label they market
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A ceremony was held on Wednesday at China’s port of Tianjin to welcome the first Cherry Express carrying more than 2,500 tonnes of Chilean cherries. The arrival of the vessel marked the first trip of this new direct route for Cherry Express vessels to the northern Chinese port. read more

CMR Group recently joined a campaign dedicated to informing consumers about the crucial role of the agri-food industry in safeguarding Spain's food security. read more

On land where one of Gauteng’s most important aquifers surfaces, where traces of human occupation hark back to the Stone Age and the Iron Age, a farming enterprise is planning on becoming South Africa’s dominant supplier of cherries during October, when it’s not available anywhere else in
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LATAM Cargo maintains its leadership in the transportation of Chilean cherries, closing 2023 with approximately 7,546 tons of this fruit exported from Chile, representing a 32% growth compared to the previous year. read more

Over 300,000 tonnes of cherry have been packed and shipped so far in the 2023-2024 season, a figure that reveals a contraction of 20% compared to the previous campaign period, according to Claudia Soler, executive director of the Cherry Committee at the Asoex association. read more

In the past two weeks, seaborne Chilean cherries have arrived intensively. It is understood that due to the New Year's Day holiday last week and the satisfactory quality of some arrivals, the price of cherries gradually increased in the days before the end of the year. The sales performed well,
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Sea freight Chilean cherries entered in the peak arrival period, and the price continued to rise in the days before the end of the year. On December 31, the price and sales were the best in recent days. After New Year's Day on January 1, the selling price began to decline. The decline is larger
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"I would describe the fiscal year 2023 as satisfactory to very good," says Lorenz Boll, Managing Director of OGS Obst- und Gemüsevertrieb Südbaden. "The cultivation of summer products, namely strawberries, cherries and asparagus, has increased in our company. The farms have invested more,
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It is the peak season for Chilean cherries. As the import and export volume of the fruit industry rebounds, the market demand for temperature recorders used in logistics is also higher than in the same period last year. read more

New Zealand cherry producer Southern Fruits International expects to send up to 340 tonnes of cherries to the global market this summer – just over double that of the volume sent last year. read more

The effects of climate change are more abrupt than expected, if in December we find Italian stone fruit, cherries and melons on sale in large-scale retail outlets, as stated on the price tag; read more

New Zealand cherry producer Southern Fruits International expects to send up to 340 tonnes of premium cherries to global markets this season – more than doubling the volumes shipped last year.  read more