Cold weather, sky-high prices, and huge shortages dominated the news from Spain in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the weather has cleared up in Spain, but according to Thomas Bos (Thomasol Gestión), who has lived and worked in Alicante for more than 20 years, the price drop is currently going faster
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Julio Cesar Magaiia Navarrete, manager of Huertas Magalia, stated that a first export shipment of mamey, was sent to Paris, France. The company responsible for this is located in the municipality of Akil, in the south of the state, between Oxkutzcab and Tekax. read more

A large Ukrainian apple producer LLC Sady Dnipra (Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk region), which sells products under the UApple trademark, continues to develop new export markets. read more

Citrus availability during this campaign has been lower than usual, especially in this second part of the campaign. The climate has been adverse and the drought during different stages of the production cycle has impacted the crops. read more

The global avocado markets are seeing various developments, as large volumes of the fruit are expected to arrive in the Netherlands from countries such as Peru, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, and Colombia. The quality of Kenyan avocados has significantly improved, surpassing South Africa in
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The National Garlic Table held in Las Pedroñeras (Cuenca) discussed the reduction of production, drought, and the alleged fraudulent entry of frozen garlic from China into the European Union. read more

The demand for citrus fruits is gradually coming to an end, said Carlo Salerno from the Karlsruhe wholesale company Sapros Handels- und Vertriebs Ltd. us. "We still have oranges from Sicily, Calabria and Spain. However, the demand is slowly decreasing. In the case of clementines, we are now in
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While the pandemic challenges were initiated by an exceptionally large growth in demand, the real challenge came as this high demand growth clogged up the hinterlands, which in turn clogged up the ports, which in turn led to unprecedented levels of vessel congestion. When vessels don’t move,
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With spring, the asparagus season in Germany begins again. Even though the starting situation could be better due to increased production costs and persistent inflation, confidence is showing after the difficult asparagus year 2022. read more

Bank Al Maghrib raises its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 3% as the High Commission for Planning reports inflation rose again to 10.1% YoY in February 2023. At its first 2023 quarterly meeting, the BAM Board of Directors said that this measure aims to prevent the emergence of
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Ask anyone in Europe's transport sector about what kind of company Kotra Logistics is, and nine times out of ten, they will say: a fish transporter. "That label will stick with us for the foreseeable future; after all, we're one of Europe's top ten fish transporters," begins Leo van Dillen. read more

The market for tomatoes produced in Spain has been on the decline for the past 5-10 years, while peppers and cucumbers have been growing. Since the recent energy crisis in Northern Europe, however, the downward tomato trend has been reversed. “That’s because in Spain, you don’t need to
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The Australian grape harvest is well underway and growers are looking at a much better harvest this year, the season started slightly late but the quality and colour is looking very good. read more

The UK-EU deal is designed to make trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK smoother. It gives Stormont's Assembly more say over EU rules, and has been welcomed by most Northern Ireland parties, but the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) remains unconvinced and is still refusing to
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As a team meeting to coordinate the day's work comes to an end, we prepare to enter the new greenhouse with our disinfected clothes. At the entrance of the greenhouse we meet Jacqueline Looije, who quickly leads us inside. We are already starting to be
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DP World has opened a rail-linked container freight station (CFS) at India's Hazira Port, as the global marine terminal operator seeks to scale up its container integrator offerings out of the country. read more

In the framework of the General Assembly, AREFLH organised a public conference on the new CAP and the European Packaging Regulation on 23 March in Lleida (Catalonia). This event was an opportunity to discuss the sensitive issues and dossiers related to the implementation of the new CAP.
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After a sharp decline in prices in the market of greenhouse cucumbers in Ukraine last week, prices are increasing again, EastFruit project analysts inform. The price rise is due to the increased demand for cucumbers due to a rather limited supply. Over the past week, the harvest of cucumbers in
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This time the world is coming to New Zealand. New Zealand exporters are so used to getting on a long haul flight, lap top in hand, to meet and make new customers, understand the market and promote their product or service. In just over a week the global avocado business community descends
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The provincial secretary of COAG Cordoba, Carmen Quintero, has participated in the National Table of Garlic, held in Las Pedroñeras (Cuenca), where the reduction of production, drought and the alleged fraudulent entry of frozen garlic, from China, in the European Union has been discussed. read more