The "Capital" Market is joining the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM). This is a unique platform that unites 220 participants - mainly wholesale and retail markets for fresh produce.
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Domestic watermelons back to average supply levels next month
2023-03-31 00:00
Supplies of watermelon are good but both supplies and demand are expected to grow as temperatures warm up across the U.S. “Melons have been in production from Mexico, and Florida has been increasing last week and this week, so availability is a little better now than it has been in
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'Don't push food companies across the border', warns Belgium's Fevia
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In previous years, the special attributes of Tomb-sweeping Day have given a certain boost to fruit sales. Next Wednesday (April 5) is Tomb-sweeping Day and, judging from this week's fruit market sales, the boost effect is not obvious, and the market situation of some categories is not performing
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Romania's fruit and vegetable prices soared
2023-03-31 00:00
The National Institute of Statistics (INS) has released data on the annual inflation rate and how it has affected food, non-food and service prices. According to them, the annual inflation rate rose to 15.5% in February 2023, from 15.1% in January 2023, as food goods it rose by 22.35%, non-food
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The world’s all-consuming love affair with avocados shows no signs of slowing down with record numbers set to attend a global industry congress in Auckland next week.
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Yesterday, Hessing SuperVers officially took its new production site into use in the Netherlands. The Groente Versfabriek in Venlo was completed in January 2023. After some intensive testing of all systems and validation and implementation of the processes, the first spinach bags are now rolling
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"The transition period made this week's avocado prices skyrocket"
2023-03-31 00:00
The avocado market is currently in transition, so the higher prices will continue for a while, says Evy Van Gastel of the Belgian company Special Fruit. "That transition between the winter countries of origin (Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Israel, and Chile) and the summer ones (Peru, Brazil, and
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Peru's 2022/23 blueberry season exports to China increases by 38%
2023-03-31 00:00
Peru’s blueberry exports to China, its third biggest market, have increased by 38% in the 2022/2023 season compared to the last 2021/2022 season. “China is very close to exceeding 37 thousand tons, by the end of its campaign, shipments to China accumulated 36,973 tons, representing 13% of
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Port of Dover Cargo celebrates successful winter perishable season
2023-03-31 00:00
Dover Cargo has reached a milestone with its winter perishable season, handling its largest amount of fresh produce, with 31 vessel calls altogether between December and March.
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The Dutch company Exotic Roots was established in September 2020 with the goal of meeting the exotic fruit and vegetable market's demand. Almost three years on, owner Tim Struckman reflects on that start with satisfaction. "We're increasingly deepening our assortment," he says.
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Ukrainian vegetable sector 2023: what to expect
2023-03-31 00:00
Last year, the Ukrainian sector of vegetable production was challenging. In 2023 the local farmers are adjusting to the situation with the great help of vegetable seed companies and their expertise.
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Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey's recent suggestion that Britons should turn to turnips following tomato shortages did not go down as she might have hoped.
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"In the course of this week, the product portfolio from Northern Europe will increasingly displace the offer from Southern Europe"
2023-03-31 00:00
At the beginning of March, Früchte Heep was still able to offer smaller quantities of vine tomatoes from Italy at the Cologne wholesale market, which are usually higher priced than the Spanish product. "However, since the Spanish tomatoes were relatively expensive, the Italian tomatoes have
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India has not put all of its eggs in a single basket and continues to import apples from multiple sources, says Prashant Gidwani, founder of Indian fruit importer Fresh Fruit Alliances. “We source most of our apples from Turkey, Poland in the northern hemisphere and South Africa, Brazil and
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“There are many ways to grow, but we want to do it together”
2023-03-31 00:00
In addition to having grown exponentially in recent years, prospects in the global avocado market remain very positive. In fact, by the end of this decade, avocados are expected to become the most traded tropical fruit in the world and one of the commodities with the highest unit value.
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PepsiCo India, through its brand Lay's, on Thursday announced a crop and plot-level predictive intelligence model to help farmers with real-time tracking of the health of potato crop.
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Tighter availability on smaller Mexican avocados
2023-03-31 00:00
Mexican supplies of avocados are strong currently. “There’s plenty of supply available. However the size curve has shifted towards larger fruit,” says Patrick Lucy of Del Rey Avocado, noting even with growers shifting to higher elevations for harvest in Mexico, the size curve is as much as
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Sales of table beets have fallen notably in Ukraine
2023-03-31 00:00
Trading and purchasing activity in the table beet market in Ukraine has been quite stable in March. However, the situation in the segment changed dramatically at the beginning of this week, and the demand fell noticeably, EastFruit project analysts report.
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University of São Paulo develops sensor that can detect traces of pesticides in fruit and vegetables
2023-03-31 00:00
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a kraft paper-based electrochemical sensor that can detect traces of pesticides in fruit and vegetables in real time when coupled to an electronic device. In an apple or cabbage, for example, it can detect carbendazim, a
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