Just about every sector uses pallets, which, over the years, have also survived every kind of innovation. Whether wood or plastic, a warehouse is incomplete without these goods carriers. At Kloek Pallets in the Netherlands, they know the importance of pallets, which is why founder Wout Kloek
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According to a report on Spanish zucchini imports prepared by Hortoinfo based on data from the Estacom statistics service, in 2022, Spain imported 20.51 million kilos of zucchini, i.e. 36% more than in the previous year, for a total value of 19.63 million euro and an average price of € 0.96/kg. read more

The price for processing tomatoes was signed yesterday between Casalasco and the two largest P.O.s in northern Italy, A.In.PO. and As.I.P.O., setting the price for processing tomatoes at 150 Euro per tonne; read more

Dear readers,the Fruchthandel Magazine team wishes you a happy Easter. From 11 April we will inform you again with daily news. read more

Going into Easter week, there are limited supplies of limes. “Holy Week in Mexico shuts everything down for the week to let their staff celebrate and spend time with their families,” says Tony Campos of International Citrus & Produce. He notes that lime supplies are about the
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In the first month of 2023, Spain exported 938,451 tons of fruit and vegetables, i.e. 82% of what it exported that month, to other European countries for € 1,319 million. Shipments of Spanish fruit and vegetable products outside the EU totaled 210,349 tons worth € 326.6 million. read more

The world leader in banana exports, Ecuador, is not resting on its laurels as it seeks to enhance the trading conditions in the key growth markets of Asia. While they have access to South Korea, import tariffs of 30% are hobbling sales growth. Ecuador has also reportedly done all the
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From 2002 to 2022, Germany lost an average of 760 million tonnes or 0.76 km3 of water per year. These losses were caused by decreasing soil moisture, dwindling groundwater, melted glaciers and lower water levels. This is what a team has now
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Dole Italia, a leader in the production and distribution of premium quality fresh fruit, is this year for the first time Official Supplier of the Giro di Sicilia, the men's stage road cycling race, which takes place from 11 to 14 April 2023; read more

Plant-based products are no longer a niche market and are consumed daily by 22 million Italians. These foods, then, present themselves as extremely transversal, so much so that a large proportion of consumers (41.8%) are prepared to try them simply for
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In the table grape segment, South Africa, as usual, provided by far the bulk of the volumes, followed by seedless light varieties from Peru and Thompson Seedless from India and Chile. Other seedless red varieties from Peru as well as blue with seed from South Africa complemented the scene
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The strawberry season has not started off on the right foot in the Verona area. Producers are having to cope with difficult weather conditions on the one hand and a labour emergency on the other. read more

In September last year, Yeliz Kaya founded Green Ova in the Netherlands. It focuses on importing Turkish fruit and vegetables for the Dutch and European markets. "Many Turkish companies struggle to export goods. I have the advantage of being of Turkish descent and can speak the language. By
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Now it is clear to us, numbers in hand, why - even in dark times like these - the shops with the best-performing fruit and vegetable departments are not those with the most promotions, the most aggressive flyers or the lowest prices, but those with the best product, the best assortment
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Getting to market first or staying there longer than others can make a real difference for strawberry growers. And it is to these needs that the world of variety research is responding, offering proposals that can change the production calendar. Among
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Magali Daubinet-Salen appointed CEO Of Casino's French banners read more

Berry Blue LLC., an MBG Marketing company, has announced its partnership with the University of Florida Blueberry Breeding Program to research and develop new and proprietary late-season southern highbush blueberry varieties. This collaboration will bring together the expertise of both
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A few months after its official presentation at Fruit Logistica 2023, Harmoniz LTD, the new Israeli seed company born in 2022 from the merger of TomaTech and Nirit Seeds, welcomes Saro Tumino as the General Manager of its Italian team. read more

The state of Santa Catarina is the most important apple producer in Brazil, accounting for 54.1% of the country's total apple production. In the 2021/22 season, the apple harvest fell short due to drought and very low temperatures during the summer.
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The Italian agri-food world enthusiastically welcomes the start of the examination of the draft law for the field experimentation of Assisted Evolution Techniques (ATE). Great opportunities lie ahead for agriculture in terms of both sustainability and competitiveness
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