A delegation of around twenty fruit and vegetable importers from Central and Eastern Europe visited Morocco in October 2023, with the mission to uncover burgeoning trade opportunities and foster new business prospects with Moroccan agrifood operators. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, since the beginning of 2024 onion prices in Poland have been on rise and were unusually high for this period of the year. Price were actually at all time record high levels for this time of the year. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, based on the insights of the fruit growers’ associations of Moldova, in December 2023 the country exported about 12.4 thousand tons of table grapes, most of which went to the countries of the European Union. That’s a lot less than earlier expectations of
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Tomato prices have escalated sharply in recent years and are projected to surge further. This is concurrent with inflation ticking up to 4%, contrary to predictions of a downtrend. According FreshPlaza, unlike other commodities where price hikes are decelerating, tomatoes are forecasted to get
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Cardoon, also known as artichoke thistle, cardy, gobbo, or Cynara cardunculus var. Altilis, is an ancient plant with large stems and bright flowers. Resembling celery in shape, it is a winter vegetable related to the artichoke family and shares kinship with burdock, milk thistle, and wild artichoke. read more

Once upon a time! “Long ago, there lived a kind man and his wife. They most of all desired to have a child, and one day the woman told her husband that they would have a baby. The family’s house stood next to a high wall surrounding the beautiful garden of an evil witch. The woman
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According to EastFruit analysts, this week there was an unexpected collapse in wholesale prices for table grapes in Tajikistan. According to Bakhtiyor Abduvokhidov, an international expert on the fruit and vegetable business, in just one week the price of white varieties of table grape varieties
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The Court of Appeal of Catania ratified the 15,000 euro fine and one year in prison sentence imposed on a tomato producer for the illegal breeding of a protected tomato variety. The conviction is based on the crime established in the second paragraph of article 517ter of the criminal code,
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Egypt achieved a remarkable increase in its fresh table grape exports to the EU countries in 2023, reports EastFruit. However, this success was tainted by scandals involving the illegal use of protected grape varieties in the country. Despite this, the Egyptian products reached a historical
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Morocco continued to consolidate its position in the fresh blueberry market in Southeast Asia in 2023, reports EastFruit. Moroccan blueberry exporters not only broke their previous record of shipments to this region, but also expanded the number of countries that import their berries. read more

Pistachios were exported from Turkiye to 96 countries in 2023. While $151 million 568 thousand of income was obtained from exports, the country with the most sales was Germany. read more

EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to the rapid expansion of the greenhouse business in Turkmenistan, where the main emphasis is on growing greenhouse tomatoes thanks to access to cheap natural gas. In particular, we wrote about the prospect of doubling the area under greenhouse
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The impact of last summer’s heatwave in Morocco may still be felt by European consumers as the year progresses due to its impact on crops including tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Many plants were unable to withstand the intense heat, especially in the important fruit and vegetable growing
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The Moldova Fruct Association, citing the customs service of the Republic of Moldova, reports that in December 2023, more than 7.5 thousand tons of fresh apples were exported from the country for a total amount of about US $4.5 million. In November 2023, Moldova exported little more of these
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Egypt is a major exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables, but the most delicious fruits are often not exported commercially. These hidden gems are often only available locally, and are a must-try for anyone visiting Egypt. However, EastFruit must warn you that reading about these mouth-watering
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EastFruit analysts note with regret that the global fruit and vegetable trade has not found a solution to the problem of transporting goods through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal due to ongoing terrorist attacks on civilian ships by the Yemeni Houthis. read more

EastFruitanalysts draw attention to the ongoing problems with oversupply of fresh onions in the countries of Central Asia, which we warned about back in June 2023 in the article “ Onion bubble ”. We recently reported about the same problem with onions in Uzbekistan , where prices now are
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to the increasing frequency of media reports about Kazakhstan’s export successes in the field of vegetables. This is somewhat surprising, because it is far from reality, and it is appropriate to say that Kazakhstan is the largest market for vegetables in
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The Polish apples performed really well overseas over the course of four months, says Emilia Lewandowska, office manager for Polish fruit exporter Fruit-Group: “We had very good autumn regarding our sold quantities of apples, on both the local market as well as for export. Our overseas clients
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Ukrainian farmers have sharply increased prices of high-quality apples in the currently week, EastFruit project analysts report. The range of wholesale prices for such apples went up to 14-22 UAH/kg (US $0.37-0.58/kg), depending on the quality, variety and batch size offered. Consequently, fresh
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