Apple

In Costa Rican pineapple cultivation, tons of waste are generated every year, with not only the crowns of the fruit but also the leafy plants having to be disposed of. In 2019, a team of students from Leibniz Universität Hannover developed a sophisticated process to recycle this waste into
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Del Monte has issued a statement as the guards used by the company in Kenya were accused of brutally assaulting and killing people suspected of trespassing on its land. According to the Guardian, two individuals identified as John Rui Karia and Stephen Thuo Nyoike died as a result of beatings by
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The premium apple brand Livinda, from the Nufri Group, has been carrying out promotional actions for almost ten years that have focused on the identification of the origin, the proximity of the product and the community. These advertising campaigns have been carried out in various media and are now being
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A report by British newspaper The Guardian in collaboration with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism says that security guards employed on a Del Monte pineapple plantation in Kenya allegedly assaulted and even killed people who apparently trespassed on the company’s property. read more

The tariff was imposed in 2019 in retaliation for US Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium, raising the total tariff on US apples to 70% versus 50% for all competing supply origins. read more

Game-changing varieties are not often found in the apple and pear category but Bigbucks – branded as Flash Gala – is on track to achieve just that for the South African apple industry. read more

Security guards at a Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya - that supplies many British supermarkets - have been accused of brutally assaulting and killing people suspected of trespassing on its land. The vast plantation, which is estimated to cover at least 40 km2, is about an hour’s drive from
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The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) is thrilled with the announcement that India will lift its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. apples. The organization applauds the work of the Biden Administration and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that achieved this important victory. read more

China is losing an important primacy and Italy is ready to take its place. In the current season, in fact, the large Asian state has drastically reduced its export volumes of apples, in which it has long been a leader. The drop in exports, according to analysts from
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China, a long-term leader in the world ranking of fresh apple exporters, has sharply reduced export volumes in the 2022/23 season. Thus, according to EastFruit analysts, we will definitely have a new leader of the world apple export rating in the current season. read more

India will lift a 20 per cent supplementary tariff on US apples in the next 90 days, the US House of Representatives announced on Thursday. read more

Analysts at EastFruit direct our attention toward Georgia’s external trade with apple juice concentrate. Export volume from the 2022/2023 season is record-breaking and more than the sum of exports in two previous seasons. Two major exporting destinations remain unchanged. However, there are
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The world production of fresh apples 2022/23 is projected to fall by 4.3 million tons, mainly due to losses in China of 78.4 million tons. According to the latest USDA report, exports are estimated to be down by more than 1.0 million tons, due to reduced shipments from China, Iran and Moldova read more

A report published by British newspaper The Guardian in collaboration with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism says that security guards employed on a Del Monte pineapple plantation in Kenya allegedly assaulted and even killed people who apparently trespassed on the company’s property. read more

RedPop®, the apple-shaped snack, has already won over customers and consumers all over the world. After its success in Asia, the little big sweet marketed by the VOG Consortium has reached a new milestone in the United Kingdom: from this season onwards, it is now available in
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The Belgian cooperative BelOrta recently took a new sorting center into use. Its completion was delayed by several months, but the fully automatic optical sorting lines are now processing the first apples and pears. "The machine hasn't stood still. It's the first facility of its size in the
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American multinational technology company Apple Inc. seems to want the rights to the image of apples - the fruit - in Switzerland. This is a concern for the Fruit Union Suisse, a 111 years old fruit farmer’s organization in Switzerland. For most of its history, it has had as its symbol a red
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China, a long-term leader in the world ranking of fresh apple exporters, has sharply reduced export volumes in the 2022/23 season. Thus, according to EastFruitanalysts, we will definitely have a new leader of the world apple export rating in the current season. read more

The cherry season has already started in Romania, where Cerasus Grup, with its Panere brand, has launched its new sorting equipment purchased in Spain, with which it expects to significantly multiply its export volumes this year and gain access to new markets. read more

The 2022/23 apple campaign was characterized by two distinct phases: the first was rather difficult, with large volumes yet not very satisfactory prices, while the second one from March 2023 onwards, was characterized by livelier sales and lower stocks. It is still too early to make a forecast
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