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The outer row of a Packham orchard in Wolseley was scorched during a recent fire, one of many fires across the Western Cape this season, but the damage was kept negligible by the efforts of the firefighters and regional fire associations, says Christo Strydom of Wolfpack. read more

While the Spanish region of Andalusia has recorded an overall decline in its citrus production, in the Campo de Gibraltar region, "the decrease hasn't been as bad as in provinces such as Seville or Cordoba" thanks to the water from the Guadiaro River, says Antonio Carreras, from the San Martín
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The major service disruptions due to the round-of-Africa routing naturally leads to the question of how this has impacted deployed capacity. Using their Trade Capacity Outlook database, Sea Intelligence looked at the differences in offered capacity between the immediate pre-crisis and the
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During the first four weeks of the year, Peruvian fresh pomegranate exports have been better than expected. In this period, exports have reached 1,798 tons, which is more than four times the figure reached in 2023, when only 419 tons were exported. Just last week, shipments totaled 955 tons,
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Moldova’s apple exports have surged in January 2024, reaching over 14 thousand tons and $7.9 million in value, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova (MAIA). This is a remarkable improvement from the previous month, when the country exported only
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Moldova’s apple exports have surged in January 2024, reaching over 14 thousand tons and $7.9 million in value, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova (MAIA). This is a remarkable improvement from the previous month, when the country exported only
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European consumers are increasingly demanding a greater variety of fresh fruit from Colombia and a sample of the best in the export basket will be on show atFruit Logistica from 7 to 9 February in Berlin. read more

Interpoma, the only international exhibition entirely dedicated to the apple sector, will be back at the Bolzano exhibition centre from 21 to 23 November 2024. This biennial event, which attracts the interest of operators in the sector from all over the world, will be held from 21 to 24 November 2024 at the Bolzano exhibition centre.
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According to FEPEX, Spanish fruit and vegetable production has remained stable over the past decade going from 22.9 million tons in 2013 to 23 million tons 10 years later, in 2022; i.e. practically the same figure. read more

The popularity of flexitarian diets as consumers take a new-year health kick has boosted sales of fruit and vegetables. read more

Andalusia accounts for 50.63% of the nearly 26,000 hectares devoted to organic citrus cultivation in Spain, according to official figures on organic acreage and production for 2022. However, if we take only oranges into account, this figure rises to 77%, positioning the region as the undisputed
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Total European apple stock are down by 4.6% when compare to the same time last year. The biggest drops come from the UK at -31.3% followed by the Czech Republic at -29% and The Netherlands at -22.7%. Gains were made in Spain at +17.8%, France +13.7 and Belgium +10.5%. read more

In the first eleven months of 2023, Bahian fruit exports saw a significant surge, reaching 170,000 tons and generating R$1.05 billion in revenue. This represents a 37% increase compared to the same period in the previous year. read more

2023 closes with a confirmed slowdown in domestic fruit and vegetable purchases, with a continuous and, for the moment, 'inexorable' decline since the year of the pandemic. Consumption by quantity is in line with 2018, the worst figure of the new millennium. read more

Leading figures in the fruit sector have expressed their concerns over the Red Sea crisis, which has already impacted the sales of apples to the Middle East from Europe. The European apple market in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, estimated to be worth around $400 million, has been affected by Houthi
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Climate change is reshaping Hungary's horticulture, with new crops such as figs, kiwi, and sweet potatoes becoming increasingly feasible, says Ferenc Apáti, the head of FruitVeB, Hungary's largest fruit and vegetable growers' alliance. A decade and a half ago, no one in Hungary was planting
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The Bonduelle Group’s revenue for the 1st half year of fiscal year 2023-2024 amounted 1,213.1 million euros compared with 1,243.4 million euros for the 1st half of previous fiscal year, up +4.5% on a like-for-like basis* and down -2.4% on reported figures. read more

It is a product with a strong social character, where 50% of the proceeds from sales are used for social causes such as the fight against cancer and degenerative diseases. read more

Last week, the prices for cucumbers and loose tomatoes continued to drop. However, the average price of tomatoes on the vine showed a slight rebound, according to figures from the VBT. read more

Mainline operators who are still offering Red Sea services are configuring their routes to transit the troubled region. read more