This spring, Ahmed Laasri started Handelfresh in the Netherlands. The trader wants to further boost fruit and vegetable exports from his family's business in Morocco. "Our Moroccan tomatoes sell well in Spain and the United Kingdom, but Dutch customers still have to get used to the prices," he says. read more

Over the past five years, pear production in the Belpaese has plummeted by 75 % and the area under cultivation has shrunk by 35 % in twelve years - around 15,000 hectares less. While 926,000 tonnes of pears were grown back then, this year farmers have only managed to produce
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Kazakhstan is set to export peaches, cherries, and plums to China, following the signing of a phytosanitary protocol between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) in Astana on November 27. The Republic of Kazakhstan's
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Diving freight rates have inevitably led to plummeting carrier Q3 returns, and the outlook for the full year is bleak while next year's expectations have sunk well below the waterline. read more

In Tajikistan, the Ministry of Agriculture reveals a remarkable increase in fruit production, surpassing last year's yield by 47,000 tons. As of November 20, over 456,000 tons of various fruits have been harvested, with cherries, apricots, apples, plums, and lemons leading the surge in output. read more

Metis®, the premium fruit resulting from the natural cross between plum and apricot, closes a campaign that was characterised by colour, high organoleptic qualities and various marketing and promotional initiatives. read more

Moldova has already surpassed the previous plum export record set in the 2017/18 season by at least 24,000 tonnes and has already doubled its plum exports compared to the previous season. read more

Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey addressed the NFU’s Henry Plumb Memorial Lecture at the Royal Society on Monday (20 November), highlighting the link between high energy costs and escalating global food prices. read more

Boxship charter rates have plummeted to a three-year low, but are still 36% higher than average levels in 2019, the year before the Covid-19-fuelled boom began. read more

Metis is a fruit resulting from the natural cross between plum and apricot. It closes a campaign characterised by various marketing and promotional initiatives. "In our country we were able to count on 75% of the quantity compared to 2022, while abroad sales were
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Metis is a fruit resulting from the natural cross between plum and apricot. It closes a campaign characterised by various marketing and promotional initiatives. "In our country we were able to count on 75% of the quantity compared to 2022, while abroad sales were
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The first volumes of Lovita® plums were sold on the Spanish market at the beginning of November, two years after the first plantings. “Nearly 120 tons have already been sold and the plantings planned over 3 years are 60 hectares. The forecast tonnage for the next two years is 1,000 tons,”
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The August update of import-export data, processed by Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor, makes it possible to draw up an initial balance of trade trends for summer fruit: particularly negative for stone fruit, slightly better for watermelons and melons. read more

According to the forecast of Moldovan fruit growers’ organizations, in November exports of fresh plums are unlikely to exceed 10 thousand tons. According to the Customs Service of Moldova, in October 2023 exports reached to almost 23 thousand tons. In July-October 2023 Moldova exported almost
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EastFruit analysts note that the most active fresh plum season is coming to an end in Moldova, and it is a good time to make some preliminary conclusions, which are extremely interesting. read more

The vast majority of America’s table grapes are grown in the San Joaquin Valley. But this year, a freak summer storm took a big chunk out of that production. One grape grower stated that for every plump, green grape, there’s another one that’s purple and shriveled. read more

In September, Peru exported 696 tons of lemon for US$951,000, i.e. 64% less volume and 53% less value than in the same month last year. read more

This summer, Australian fresh produce business Montague is going to see a larger stone fruit crop compared to last season and the team is ready to pack the additional fruit in its state-of-the-art pack house facility in Narre Warren. read more

This week, the tomato and cucumber import season started at Fortuna Frutosis. The first of these products arrived at this Dutch company from the Canary Islands, complemented by the first Spanish and Moroccan round and plum tomatoes. The first Spanish TOV will follow next week. "It started
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Among the most popular October species are apples, plums, pears, raspberries and blueberries. Compared to October 2022, the consumption of chokeberry, blackcurrant, mini-quince and blackberry preserves has increased the most. On a two-year basis, the number of consumers
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