Raspberries
Ukraine increased exports of frozen blueberries to China 5 times and entered the top 7
2023-12-24 00:00
According to EastFruit analysts, Ukraine continues its active expansion into the global markets of frozen berries and fruits, which we wrote about in the article “Ukraine is the world champion in terms of berry exports growth rate.”
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Spain to sharply reduce area of raspberries
2023-12-24 00:00
According to EastFruit analysts, Spain has sharply reduced are under raspberries. According to the Freshuelva association from the main berry-producing province of Spain, the area under raspberries for the new season’s harvest may fall by 21.5%, which is the most dramatic reduction in area
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Major changes in berry crop structure in Huelva, Spain
2023-12-20 00:00
Berry producers have allocated a total of 11,243 hectares for cultivation in the Huelva region for this season (2023/24). This acreage is 4.75% less compared to that allocated in the 2022/23 season.There is a significant reduction in the acreage under raspberries.
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The marketing of soft fruit is currently going relatively smoothly. "We mainly source raspberries from Morocco and Spain, blueberries from Peru and blackberries and currants from Dutch greenhouses. Overall, the supply situation is satisfactory and quality is quite good," says Hasan Atula, berry
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#True stories - a gardener from Klementowice
2023-12-15 00:00
The first character in our series of #Real Stories reportages is Rafał Podstawka. A gardener with ties to the Lublin region since birth, he now runs a farm focused on dessert fruit production in Klementowice, near Puławy. When he started dealing with
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Small fruits, Italian production grows
2023-12-15 00:00
For a little over a decade, small fruits have carved out an important position in national fruit production. As we can see from the raspberry production graph, the quantities of the national product have grown by about 50% in ten years. Similar and
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How Moroccan raspberries overcome French consumers’ patriotism and conquers France’s market
2023-12-14 00:00
According to EastFruit, Morocco set a new record for exporting fresh raspberries to France, a country known for its preference for local products, based on the results of the 2022/23 season. Moreover, Moroccan producers were the main contributors to the overall growth of fresh raspberry imports
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How Moroccan raspberries overcome French consumers’ patriotism
2023-12-14 00:00
According to EastFruit, Morocco set a new record for exporting fresh raspberries to France, a country known for its preference for local products, based on the results of the 2022/23 season. Moreover, Moroccan producers were the main contributors to the overall growth of fresh raspberry imports
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Germany, Belgium, and the UK – fastest growing markets for Ukraine’s frozen raspberries
2023-12-12 00:00
According to EastFruit analysts, Ukraine has already begun the process of diversifying frozen raspberries exports away from Poland, as this country is considered one of the least reliable trading partners in the region . This allows Ukrainian exporters of frozen berries not only to significantly
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Lviv region is expanding its agricultural production for export to the EU, focusing on berries and nuts
2023-12-12 00:00
Under the "Own Orchard" program, over 73 hectares of blueberry plantations have been established, the largest among all Ukrainian regions participating in the support program.
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From January 1 to October 31 this year, Serbia exported 845 tons of fresh raspberries, valued almost €1.7 million. As for frozen raspberry exports, by the end of October, 57,612 tons were exported. The destinations to which Serbia most commonly exports to are: Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands
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EastFruit analysts point out that Ukraine continues to gradually increase supplies of frozen raspberries to the United States, which is a good trend given the urgent need to diversify exports.
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For strawberries and beyond at expoSE and expoDirekt
2023-12-01 00:00
This year's edition of the duo of German trade fairs expoSE & expoDirekt, held on (22-23 November) in Karlsruhe, was an excellent opportunity to learn about trends in recommended or marketed varieties of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
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"Warm September created Belgian strawberry supply gap"
2023-11-24 00:00
The Belgian strawberry supply is currently lagging slightly. Lit cultivation has yet to get well and truly underway, and the fall crops are genuinely coming to an end. Also at the Demedts - Demey nursery. "We still have some standing, but not as much as other years," begins Benoit Demedts.
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The berry business in Morocco. Not colourful at all
2023-11-16 00:00
Morocco has been consolidating its position as a supplier of fresh berries to Europe for several years. This season, its total exports amounted to nearly 200,000 tonnes. Raspberries continue to have the largest share (45%), followed by blueberries (40%) and strawberries with 14% of the
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Raspberry and blackberry supplies are about to shift in the marketplace.
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Raspberry-flavoured red bananas
2023-11-15 00:00
Bananas now have a new colour and taste: they are red and taste like raspberries. The variety originated in India and was later exported to South America, where it is known by the names colorando, banana roja, tafetàn and others, and is mainly cultivated in Colombia and Ecuador.
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The most technologically advanced berry farm in Ukraine
2023-11-09 00:00
During the war, entrepreneurs from Zaporizhzhia moved to Zakarpattia and opened Ukraine's most technologically advanced berry farm, where they grow strawberries and raspberries in tunnels, as well as raspberries and blueberries in open ground.
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Raspberries, waste reborn as anti-ageing active ingredients
2023-11-08 00:00
From the waste from the processing of raspberries and, soon, of cranberries as well, we will find antioxidant active ingredients useful in the production of body care products: the collaboration that has made this possible originates in Veneto and sees Rigoni, a food company, as the protagonist.
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Massive destruction of berry plantations in Spain and Morocco
2023-11-06 00:00
Already last week, in the text 'Blueberry supply problems', I signalled damage to blueberry plantations in Spain and Morocco. The information provided there was about the blueberry crop, but it turns out that they have suffered more
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