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A year of contrasts for the transport and logistics industry
2024-02-26 00:00
During its meeting, the Board of Directors approved the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
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Top ten Chilean cherry exporters this season
2024-02-26 00:00
According to data collected by Frutas de Chile, up to the sixth week of 2024, a total of 82,452,392 5 kg cases of cherries were exported in the 2023/24 season. This is a slightly lower figure than the 83,220,842 cases exported in the 2022/23 season, but it is
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Ukraine continues to increase onion exports – now also to Greece, Bulgaria and North Macedonia
2024-02-26 00:00
According to EastFruit analysts, Ukraine continues to increase onion exports against the backdrop of a growing shortage of onions in the European Union and falling prices in Ukraine. In particular, Ukrainian onion exporters managed to increase the volume of shipments to the markets of Romania
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"The first shipments of Navel blond pulp oranges opened our citrus fruit campaign in mid-November 2023. From the beginning, the season was complex, due to the high number of small fruits. In general, on the Mineo/Palagonia plain in the province of
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Poland imports huge volumes of onions from Russia
2024-02-26 00:00
Against the backdrop of mass protests by Polish farmers against imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, EastFruit analysts draw attention to the very glaring facts of double standards of the Polish authorities and the agricultural community.
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Plantations are increasingly subject to scheduling, and the number of unregulated plantations continues to decline
2024-02-26 00:00
The demand for brassicas and leafy vegetables, among other open ground products, has generally been good so far, and with reasonable prices. While cauliflower prices were exorbitant at the beginning of the season, they have been stabilizing, although there could be a shortage again. Meanwhile,
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De Castro: Let's focus on end-of-term simplifications while waiting for the new CAP
2024-02-26 00:00
Della Casa - The agricultural protest that has engulfed Europe is unprecedented. How and why has it come to this?
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We cannot lower prices if we want to maintain high quality
2024-02-26 00:00
"From the fields to the processing laboratories, each link of the chain is based on the assumption that authentic quality can only be achieved directly, without delegating others. Processing produce means valuing it and placing it on the market at an honest price that is also profitable,"
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"The supply of speciality tomatoes is beginning to stabilise".
2024-02-26 00:00
"In the last period, large quantities of tomatoes of all types have been available," says Ellen van Kester from the Motril-based company Hortícola Guadalfeo. "Now, little by little, the supply of the different types is stabilising again, and of the Mar Azul specialities,
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"Water savings of 40% have been achieved compared to last season".
2024-02-26 00:00
Optimising production resources, improving the yield of industrial tomato plants while respecting the environment and the people who work there: this is the aim of the sustainability project Agriculture 4.0, carried out by La Doria, one of the main producers of tomatoes in the region.
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Peruvian pitaya export increased in 2023
2024-02-26 00:00
In 2023, Peruvian pitaya exports grew significantly, according to preliminary data from Sunat. The value of exports was $212,676, or 1,071% more than the previous year, according to Rafael Zacnich, head of studies
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'So by chance, I found myself an Agro-Influencer'
2024-02-26 00:00
121 thousand followers and a lot of passion for her work in the fields of the family farm, this is how Beatrice Scrocchi, 25 years old from Piacenza, tells her online community about herself and what she does every day. A successful format, considering the numbers in
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The VI MujerAGRO Awards highlight that building real equality is the work of men and women
2024-02-26 00:00
Siete Agromarketing and eComercio Agrario, promoters of the MujerAGRO project, have
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"British retail refuses to tackle plum problems".
2024-02-26 00:00
Following the unseasonal rains that temporarily halted the Western Cape plum harvest a fortnight ago, the industry is harvesting as quickly as possible.
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EU Packaging Regulation: Pro Food's Position Paper
2024-02-26 00:00
Pro Food, together with other representatives of the fresh produce and food packaging chain, expressed deep concerns about the Council's General Approach on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. In a position paper signed on 23
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Winners of the '5 a Day' Awards
2024-02-26 00:00
Deficit of frozen raspberries on the European market continues to grow – good news for Ukraine and Morocco!
2024-02-26 00:00
According to EastFruit analysts, the shortage of frozen raspberries continues to grow in Europe. At the moment, buyers from France, Germany, Poland and other EU countries are actively searching for suppliers of these products outside the region.
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France has halted the importation of fresh fruits and vegetables treated with thiacloprid. This decision, announced by the French agriculture ministry, puts a temporary one-year ban on such imports, pending broader protective measures from the European Union. The ban targets produce treated with
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Enthusiasm for overseas melons is high at the moment. "So far, we have had a very mild winter, which plays in favour of consumption," explains Martijn van Gaal, of C. Gottmann. "The supply from Brazil is proceeding slowly and this opens the way for melons from Central America.
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Avocados remain a growing product in the global market, according to Elena Rogojnikova of The Greenery. "So far, the 2023/24 season has been full of challenges for avocado importers in order to meet the ever-increasing demand for this superfood and to
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