Peru: table grape production up 9%, forecasts depend on El Niño
2023-10-09 00:00
Peru’s table grape industry posted a 9% year-on-year growth for the first two quarters of 2023, with the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) anticipating that Peru will remain the world’s leading grape exporter, according to FreshFruitPortal.
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The Ukrainian company is increasing its supply of fruits to Nigeria
2023-10-08 00:00
The Ukrainian company USPA Fruit is aimed at expanding its presence in Nigeria. In 2019, the USPA actively began supplying fruit to the African market. The company’s products are now exported to 12 African countries, accounting for about 14% of the company’s total supplies, according
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Egypt’s rapid growth in tomato paste exports coming at the cost of fresh market opportunities
2023-10-07 00:00
Egypt was able to achieve a record revenue from the sale of tomato paste and puree on the global market in 2022, according to EastFruit. Furthermore, the export of Egyptian tomato paste for the first half of this year also rose to a historical maximum. At the same time, the country continues to
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Environment and luxurious: a hotel in Tbilisi grows vegetables and herbs in SpaceFarms vertical modules
2023-10-07 00:00
Pullman Tbilisi Axis Towers, Accor’s flagship hotel, presented its sustainability initiative – a vertical farm from SpaceFarms, EastFruit reports with reference to the company’s page. This innovative project underscores Pullman’s commitment to creating sustainable value,
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Moroccan exports of ware potatoes reach 5-year low
2023-10-06 00:00
Morocco, as one of the leading global suppliers of fruits and vegetables, is increasing its exports of fruit and vegetable products, but this is not relevant for all the items. In today’s article, EastFruit draws attention to the fact that the Moroccan fresh potato exports have shown a
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According toEastFruit analysts, Polish farmers continue to feed apples to consumers in the aggressor country and make good money doing it. At the same time, they regularly demand a ban on the imports of food from Ukraine, the country defending itself and Europe from Russian aggressors.
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What determines the prices for “Moldova” grapes in Moldova?
2023-10-05 00:00
“Moldova” grapes have been present on the Moldovan fruit market for the third week, but still in relatively small quantities. The range of wholesale prices for grapes of this main variety is, as expected, very wide – 7-13 lei/kg ($0.39-0.72/kg), EastFruit reports. However, in the last week
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Moroccan frozen raspberry exports to Spain: record-breaking volume, but decreased revenue in 2022/23
2023-10-01 00:00
According toEastFruit, the season of exports of Moroccanfrozen raspberries to Spain ended with a result of selling more but earning less. For four consecutive years, imports of frozen berries from Morocco to Spanish market has been growing, and the export volume in the 2022/23 season reached a
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According to EastFruit, Egypt has doubled its exports of frozen strawberries to the EU market over the past five years and continued to increase its exports this year. In the first seven months of this year, the export of these berries in frozen form from Egypt to EU countries reached a record
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For the first time in three months, pear prices in Uzbekistan dropped below last year’s levels
2023-09-29 00:00
Earlier, EastFruit wrote that three months from the beginning of the season, the volume of pear exports from Uzbekistan was 2.1 times lower than last year. One of the main factors for the sharp decline in the volume of Uzbek pear exports this season was the relatively high price for these
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Vertical farming crisis: Dutch branch of Infarm declared bankrupt
2023-09-29 00:00
Recently, the Dutch branch of Infarm, which had already scaled down its activities in the Netherlands, was declared bankrupt. The vertical farming company had already been granted a deferment of payment. That suspension status has now been converted into bankruptcy. The company was registered
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The watermelon season has ended in Ukraine
2023-09-28 00:00
Most Ukrainian producers completed the watermelon sales season this week, EastFruit project analysts report. At the same time, key market players note that this year the watermelon sales season in Ukraine ends 2 weeks later than a year ago, but Ukrainian farmers are offering the latest batches
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Due to violent weather changes, Greek gardeners lost about 60% of their apple harvest
2023-09-27 00:00
The apple cultivation in Greece is expected to be lower than usual, in the area that grows quite a chunk of the Greek national production, Matoula Katsika, export and sales manager for Greek fruit exporter A.C. Kissavos, says: “The apple production in our region, and in general for the
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As the Bebnissi Family Gardens company said, this year, 25 hectares of pear varieties Abat fetel, Santa Maria, Conference, and Williams Red will be planted in the territories of the former experimental and leading fruit enterprise in the USSR next to Kareli, Shida Kartli region. The garden will
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Sea buckthorn in Moldova: high yield and low export demand
2023-09-26 00:00
Sea buckthorn harvesting began in Moldova last week. According to the observations of the staff of the Pomușoarele Moldovei Association of Berry Growers, this year, thanks to good weather conditions, drought-resistant sea buckthorn produced an abundant harvest of high-quality berries (with a
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Grape prices in Uzbekistan continue to set records
2023-09-25 00:00
EastFruit analysts have repeatedly drawn attention to record high prices for grapes in Uzbekistan this season. After a short pause in the first week of September, prices for these products resumed rising. Over the past two weeks, wholesale prices for the seedless Kishmish grape variety have
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Egyptian onions kicked out of the European market
2023-09-23 00:00
Until very recently, Egyptian onion exports have been thriving globally, especially in Europe, in a context of declining supply worldwide?
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Walnut harvesting in Moldova will begin later and may be delayed
2023-09-22 00:00
In most regions of Moldova, harvesting of walnuts of early varieties has begun (mainly local selection – “Peschansky”, “Kazaku”, etc.). Specialists from the Union of Associations of Nut Crops Producers of Moldova claim that in a number of regions of the country, early nut fruits
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According to EastFruit, Morocco exported a record volume of cucumbers to Portugal this season. One of the factors that contributed to the increase in shipments to the Portuguese markets was the severe drought that affected Europe.
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EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to Uzbekistan’s rapid increase fresh watermelon exports in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, the country exported 81.8 thousand tons of watermelons, which became a historical record, beating the previous one by 67%. In 2023 Uzbekistan has already
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