As a result of a series of earthquakes in Turkey on February 6, 2023, the port of Iskenderun in the southeast of the country was severely damaged, as the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey reported in social media, EastFruit
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Due to a combination of many factors, the supply of imported vegetables on the Polish market, especially in winter, has dropped sharply, EastFruit project analysts report with reference to the fresh-market website. A sharp increase in the cost of vegetable production, adverse weather conditions,
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Exports of mandarins from Adjara in the 2022-2023 season amounted to about 15 500 tonnes, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara told EastFruit. read more

A downward trend has started on the Ukrainian carrot market at the beginning of the week, analysts of the EastFruit project report. The main reason for the reduction in carrot price was the increase in the supply on the market. Most Ukrainian farmers considered it inexpedient to continue storing
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The onion crisis, whichin recent weeks has reached a global, or at least continental scale, is now one of the most widely discussed topics in the horticulture business. Ukraine was no exception in this regard, and we have seen the interest of easy money lovers and players in the “vegetable
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According to expert forecasts, about 24 fruit-growing enterprises in Moldova will receive or confirm certificates of quality, safety, and social responsibility GLOBAL.G.A.P, GRASP, SMETA, and IFS in 2023. As a result, the total number of certificated enterprises will exceed 130, EastFruit reports. read more

The Kobuleti cannery received a total of 5 400 tonnes of non-standard mandarins from Georgian farmers in the 2022-23 season, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Adjara Autonomous Republic told EastFruit while summing up the season. read more

Data on measures to prevent land degradation will be systematically added to the electronic map of the geoinformation system “Land Degradation” in Uzbekistan. The Ministry of Agriculture and its structural divisions will monitor it, EastFruit experts inform. read more

The EastFruit team continues to monitor the global and regional onion markets where tensions are heightened due to a series of bans and shocks, which we described in detail in the article “Global fresh onion market review – are prices about to skyrocket?”. read more

EastFruit continues a series of reviews of the frozen fruit, berry, and vegetable market. The first analytical report was devoted to the harsh situation in the European frozen raspberry market and the ongoing price fall. The second one covered the fundamental changes in the freezing market due
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Memojam is a new jam brand of the Georgian berry producer Memoberry LLC, which will soon enter the Georgian retail and export market. read more

The onion hysteria in the region has led to a wave of export bans, and it reached Azerbaijan. As EastFruit analysts have already reported, the exports of very expensive onions were banned by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. read more

The greenhouse complex of the Uzbek-Turkish joint venture Bukhara-Varnet LLC, located in the Bukhoro-Agro Free Economic Zone, is one of the largest projects in greenhouse production using hydroponics technology in the region. Mainly tomatoes are grown in modern greenhouses with a total area of
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Wholesale prices for inshell walnuts in Moldova started decreasing at the beginning of February. Based upon data by theEastFruit monitoring, they fell in price by an average of 7% – up to 28 MDL/kg ($1.48/kg) by the beginning of the second week of the month. This is the level of the
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According to EastFruit analysts, the exports of fruits and vegetables from Morocco to the Russian market dropped sharply in 2022. read more

Selling prices for onions in Ukraine set another record last week, breaking the mark of 30 UAH/kg ($0.82/kg), EastFruit project analysts report. Undoubtedly, the increase in the segment will continue, as there is a rush demand for onions, and many Ukrainian farms have almost run out of stocks. read more

Just a few days after Kazakhstan imposed a ban on the export of onions, Uzbekistan announced a temporary restriction on onion exports, too, EastFruit experts report. read more

A noticeable increase in demand for greenhouse tomatoes in the Ukrainian market, as well as a significant reduction in their supply, stimulate another price increase in the segment, EastFruit project analysts report. Turkey is the main supplier of greenhouse products to the Ukrainian market at
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Onion prices in Moldova started increasing in the third decade of January. Prices for onions of all quality categories have risen by 10-12%, up to 9-10 MDL/kg ($0.48-0.53/kg). Until now, the average price for onions on the Moldovan market has been 8-9 MDL/kg ($0.42-0.47/kg) since the summer. A
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The consequences of the weather anomalies in January for the Central Asian onion market are not limited to the loss of last year’s crop stocks, the subsequent sharp rise in prices, and a series of bans on onion exports from almost all countries of the region. The effect of abnormally cold
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