Mandarins

With our experience behind us, we think we've seen it all, but - as often happens in the fruit and vegetable sector - one never stops learning. That's what we thought when, at the Milan Ortomercato, we came across a citrus fruit with a strange shape, reminiscent of a read more

There is a new citrus fruit on the tables of Italians: and although it is of Chinese origin, it now speaks our language very well. It is the Citrus unshiu, better known as Miyagawa mandarin, and it is an expat who really likes our South, so much so that it is now being cultivated there permanently. read more

In late March, the prices of various orange and mandarin varieties still in season have once again recorded significant declines compared to the previous campaign. Worthy of note last week was the drop in the prices of the Valencia Late and V. Delta in the Region of Valencia, which fell by 48%
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EastFruit analysts have observed a notable shift in Ukrainian consumer preferences during the winter season, with a marked increase in the popularity of mandarins. In the 2023/24 winter, mandarin consumption from November to February surpassed that of bananas, which have traditionally dominated
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EastFruitanalysts have observed a notable shift in Ukrainian consumer preferences during the winter season, with a marked increase in the popularity of mandarins. In the 2023/24 winter, mandarin consumption from November to February surpassed that of bananas, which have traditionally dominated
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It's a beautiful, albeit smaller, crop of Ojai Pixie mandarins this season. "We didn't get any natural disasters to scar up the fruit so it's very nice-looking fruit. We have about two-thirds of the normal volume so the crop size is down but the fruit is a bit larger than a normal year because
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According to the Primorsky Interregional Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), from March 4th to 10th, a total of 6,089.1 tons of fresh vegetables, fruits, and berries from various countries were brought into the region. During this
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The prices of mid-season mandarins continue their downward trend, and the difference with those recorded in the same dates of the 2022/23 campaign is already significant. The Prices and Markets Observatory of Andalusia describes the citrus market as "stagnant", with hardly any transactions due
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Morocco boosts its fruit and vegetable exports to Canada for the fourth consecutive year, EastFruitreveals. The Moroccan export of this produce to the Canadian market grew by 14% in tons and by 33% in US dollars every year from 2018 to 2023! read more

After Manuel Jarén's testimony in Huelva last week, ANBGCM Material Vegetal, the company in charge of the licences for the variety read more

Since mid-February, there's been a mandarin variety in the market that only a few companies produce and sell in Spain: the Gold Nugget variety, recognizable for its rough skin and very sweet taste. "Our customers demand the Gold Nugget," says Silvana Sorli, from the company Frutas Sorli, based
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Now that the season for the Common clementine and the later Hernandina variety has come to an end, it's time for the seedless Tang Gold mandarin. The campaign ended a few days ago, ahead of schedule, according to Natalino Gallo, president of the Agricor producer organization in
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Clementine and mandarin production in the Terres de l'Ebre increased by 20% over the previous season, according to data from the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Catalonia (FCAC). This increase comes after the previous harvest was lower than usual, and stood at 82,000 tons of
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