The Proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) has reached its final stages with the confrontation between the two positions expressed at the end of 2023 by the European Parliament and the EU Council. While discussions are taking place in Brussels to find a compromise solution between
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Oppy, a grower, marketer and distributor of fresh produce from around the world, has joined forces with table grape owner, grower, packer and shipper Sun Grape USA to establish Sun Grape California LLC — an Oppy Company. read more

The major service disruptions due to the round-of-Africa routing naturally leads to the question of how this has impacted deployed capacity. Using their Trade Capacity Outlook database, Sea Intelligence looked at the differences in offered capacity between the immediate pre-crisis and the
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EastFruit experts draw attention to the forecast of weather forecast for Central Asian countries, which are presently the largest onion exporters in the region: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. Expected sharp drop in temperatures threatens the early onion harvest, which begins harvesting
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Franka, it’s been just over a year since Aldi announced its new banana sourcing strategy and its commitment to building a fairer and more transparent banana supply chain by connecting buying and corporate responsibility. Now, you are doing the same with pineapples, where workers face a similar
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Italy’s newest green kiwifruit variety, Dulcis, made its international debut at Fruit Logistica last week. The variety, marketed as the green kiwifruit with all the qualities of yellow kiwifruit, was developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the Universities of Udine and Bologna
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AP Moller-Maersk has revealed its full-year results for 2023, describing its financials as “solid” and in line with guidance despite a “difficult environment”. read more

More than 100 representative from the Chilean fruit industry gathered at Fruit Logistica in Berlin last week to launch the country’s new brand, Frutas de Chile. read more

Ecuador’s banana industry reiterated calls for a fairer pricing model and the rationalisation of certification schemes at last week’s Fruit Logistica. read more

Spain’s Agroponiente Group has obtained LEAF Marque certification. The company said the milestone reaffirms its commitment to the philosophy of “conscious agriculture” based on respect for the environment. LEAF Marque is a global assurance system recognising more sustainably farmed
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T&G Global has revised its projected 2023 pre-tax loss downwards to between NZ$60m and NZ$67m, almost double its previous estimate of NZ$28m-NZ$34m. read more

The first British asparagus of the season has gone into M&S stores and wholesale markets. read more

Spain’s Agroponiente Group has obtained LEAF Marque certification. The company said the milestone reaffirms its commitment to the philosophy of “conscious agriculture” based on respect for the environment. LEAF Marque is a global assurance system recognising more sustainably farmed
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The six leading topfruit suppliers in the Southern Hemisphere expect to produce a combined crop of just under 4.78m tonnes of apples in 2024, up 1.1 per cent on last year, according to a new forecast released by the World Apple and Pear Association. read more

The first British asparagus of the season has gone into M&S stores and wholesale markets. read more

Shipments of Hass avocados from Colombia to the US have continued to grow, according to industry body Corpohass, particularly driven by the popularity of the fruit in the run-up to the Super Bowl. read more

Angus Soft Fruits has begun commercial production of two new strawberry varieties, bred to fruit throughout the winter season. read more

On Tuesday, 13 February, however, the editorial team will be back as usual to provide you with fresh news about the fruit and vegetable sector. read more

Last Friday, during the last day of Fruit Logistica, not one, but two prizes were awarded for companies offering innovative products for the sector. In addition to the annual Fruit Logistica Innovation Award (FLIA), awarded to Unica Fresh for its Zucchiolo, for the first time
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According to EastFruit, Egypt broke its own record of table grape exports to the Saudi Arabian market in 2023, as it shipped more than the entire previous year in just the first 10 months. Saudi Arabia had become the top importer of grapes from Egypt in 2022, and it further consolidated its
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