Oranges

The asparagus harvest has started in Apulia and Sardinia, as well as Campania: high volumes have led to a fall in prices. Demand for artichokes increased, with positive effects on quotations. Strawberry prices rose sharply. Sicilian pepper production did not
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In the imported orange market in China, from December to June of the following year, American oranges and Egyptian oranges are on the market. In China, American oranges are mainly used for fresh food, while Egyptian oranges are more used for juicing because of their sour taste. read more

The Directorate-General for Agricultural Production Health of the MAPA grants exceptional authorisation for the placing on the market and use of plant protection products formulated with Spinetoram 25% [WG] P/V for the control of Scirtothrips aurantii in orange and mandarin trees

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Groep 91 Uitvoer, a family-owned citrus producer from Letsitele has been successfully growing and exporting lemons, grapefruit and Valencia oranges across the globe for more than three decades, but it’s their work through the Kaross Foundation that really excites Jan-Louis Pretorius, Groep 91
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Barbera International bets on the quality ripe melon. In the group's objectives it will become one of the strong references, together with oranges, table grapes and prickly pears. Alessandro Barbera, the general manager, tells us about the product that has just hit the shelves and future strategies.
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“The fair season continues and, after Cibus, we attended Vinitaly to promote our productions expression of culture, identity and tradition. Our leading product continues to be Bergamot oranges. We sell them fresh, processed as juice or mixed in functional products. They are in fact one of the
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The domestic orange campaign started in 2022 with the prospect of a significant drop in the production, estimated at 20% nationally and at 24-25% in Andalusia, according to the first estimates from the regional government. However, in the final stretch of the season, the figures have been
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EU monthly orange imports came in at 78.808 tonnes in the past month. read more

"One aspect we are currently experiencing on the market is the promotion of domestic produce rather than the imported one due to the increase in costs in all producer countries worldwide. We are talking about bell peppers, strawberries, lemons, oranges and pears," reports Giuseppe Galluccio
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The Roman artichoke campaign is in full swing, but demand is struggling to take off despite the approaching Easter festivities. Agretti production is in full swing. Asparagus prices are rising due to a lack of product. Strawberry prices, on the other hand, are plummeting due to
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The Orri mandarin has performed rather well this season, says Planet Israel export manager, Betsalel Ohana: “We started the season in uncertainty, due to different directions of trends. Due to droughts and heatwaves around the world, we expected a lack of citrus fruits globally, while the
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Gardai have uncovered €1.36m worth of cannabis shipped to Ireland from Spain in a container load of oranges. One warehouse worker has been charged with unlawful possession of cannabis on March 31 and that he had it for sale or supply at Cornstown, Ashbourne, Co. Dublin. read more

The Lane Late navel orange, which goes on the market every spring, is a late-ripening citrus variety. It is well-known because of its good taste and has less competition from the same category when it goes on the market. As the main production area of Lane Late navel orange in China, Zigui
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The Citrus Management Committee (CGC), the association that brings together private Spanish citrus exporters, demanded an investigation from the European Commission in September into the scope of non-compliance regarding the application of cold treatment against the ‘False moth’ in
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The largest Portuguese association of citrus fruit operators foresees an increase in the price of oranges in the coming months, due to the drop in production of around 50 percent and despite the reduction to 0 percent of the VAT applied to this fruit. “With regard to oranges, it is almost
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In a note, Gerardo Diana, president of the Consortium Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, thanked the Sicilian Regional Forestry Corps and Noras (Nucleo Operativo Regionale Agroalimentare Sicilia - Regional Agri-food Operations Unit) for their capillary control work, which led to the discovery of over 1,000 kilos of oranges
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The export of Spanish citrus fruits from 2018 to date has suffered a significant drop in volume. In 2022, the loss in tonnes was 14.7%, and although prices were on average 16.18% higher than last year, the figure for total sales was lower
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The EU, one of the main markets for oranges from Egypt, sharply reduced the volume of purchases in the 2021/22 season, EastFruit reports. Egyptian exports to the EU fell to the lowest level in at least five years and were 25% lower than in the previous season. read more