Fresh produce group Oppy has said that it is following up the success of its Peruvian organic ginger offering by bringing Spanish garlic to consumers on both the East and West Coasts of North America. read more

Special News Fruit Licensing (SNFL Group) and Syngenta Group China have entered a strategic alliance to continue to grow their businesses in China. read more

Spanish exports of fresh fruits and vegetables totalled 12m tonnes in 2022, a contraction of 10.4 per cent on the previous year. According to customs data, the value of exports grew by 1.6 per cent, reaching €15.93bn. This was less than the 3 per cent originally forecast by Fepex. read more

P&O Ferries announced yesterday (21 February) that it is joining forces with Finnlines to boost the flow of trade between Belgium and the UK by introducing new sailings on the Zeebrugge-Teesport route. read more

The value of exports in a number of UK-grown food and drink products has rocketed by nearly 30 per cent, reaching a new high of £4.5bn in 2022, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) reveals. read more

Supermarkets are rationing fresh fruit and vegetables sales as import shortages and a severe drop in UK production have left bare shelves this week. read more

Precisely a year ago, we predicted “that the worst was yet to come”, appealing for urgent action to be taken to enable those involved in the food supply chain to deliver a seamless, timely service to maintain the supply of essential products. read more

Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Luis Fernando Helguero, announced last week that Peru and Hong Kong have begun the first round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). This round included thirteen negotiating tables focusing on issues related to market access, rules of
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After an two-year hiatus, AgriFutures Australia’s EvokeAg event returned this week. read more

New Zealand retailer The Warehouse has added fresh fruit and vegetables to its range as part of a new trial. read more

International Fruit Genetics (IFG), has celebrated the twentieth anniversary of breeding the table grape variety Cotton Candy in 2023. read more

New Zealand produce company Seeka has announced its Gisborne packhouse is back up and running. read more

If Viveros Hernandorena is a reference in potted stone fruit trees, it is also a reference in bare root plants in species such as almond, kaki, kiwi, quince or pomegranate, crops where monovarieties predominate and reduced variety-pattern combinations, which allows for better management of the
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As was evident throughout the year, German imports of fresh fruit and vegetables fell sharply in 2022. Over the whole year, imports ended up at 8.2 million tonnes. That was 10% less than in both previous years. German imports were also smaller than in previous years. We need to go back to around
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Analysts at EastFruit note that wholesale prices for potatoes in Georgia are remaining stable. The price levels are record-breaking. The latest weekly survey revealed that the local suppliers hoped for even higher prices given the poor harvest and increased demand in Georgia. read more

WP Produce, a Miami-based and family-owned grower, packer and shipper of Desbry® brand tropical fruits and roots, joined the trade fair for the global fruit trade, Fruit Logistica, held annually in Berlin. read more

In 2022, 131,295,602 kg worth US$372,252,711 were exported. This is a decrease of 12.02 % in value and -8.19 % in volume compared to 2021, agraria.pe refers to data from the Agrodata Peru portal. Fresh asparagus accounted for 73.36% of total exports in the year under review.
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Mexico registered record-high agri-food exports and exceeded 50 billion dollars for the first time in 2022. Beer, tequila, and avocados were the most important agri-food export products.  read more

Across the UK supermarkets are facing shortages of some fruit and vegetables. read more

Ensuring traceability from seed to increase the value of fruit and vegetable produce. At the Chamber of Deputies, Assosementi presented the Road to Quality project, a collective brand characterising the productions of its member companies. "The Italian fruit and vegetable industry
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