Sonlia Marketing’s last export pomegranates for the season are on the water, borne along by their new premium pomegranate brand which has gained firm traction. read more

Just before the Turkish cherry season starts, Ani Tarim is wrapping up their apple season, says Mehmet Çakmak, sales and marketing manager for Turkish fresh produce exporter Ani Tarim: “As of week 20, we’ll be completing 2022-2023 apple packing season with a worthwhile success to us. This
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2022/23 EU monthly orange imports amounted to 85.935 tonnes in April 2023, just slightly down from the March imports. read more

Broccoli supplies are wrapping up in Guanajuato, Mexico and growers are shifting production to other parts of the country. “This time of the year is the most tumultuous time in Guanajuato. Temperatures rise quickly and the risk of rain and hail increases substantially as well,” says Michel
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Initial forecasts pointed to a late cherry harvest given the delay in flowering, but high temperatures during the spring have finally advanced the harvest in the Jerte Valley, which this year comes with more volumes. read more

Food waste is a major issue for produce companies as there is no market for 2nd class produce, and it costs money to dispose of surplus produce. This perfectly good food is often ‘just not quite good enough’ for retailers or ‘just a few fruits’ in a box that are not good - so the whole
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The global blueberry market shows a varied picture this week, as some seasons come to an end, whilst some are yet to begin. In the Netherlands, an impending shortage looms from week 22 to 25 as Moroccan and Spanish blueberry volumes decline, resulting in a surge in prices. Germany, too, expects
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According to the latest State of the Crops report of the Agricultural and Fisheries Information Service of the Junta de Andalucía, during the first week of May, greenhouse producers in the Poniente Almeriense were finalizing the last cuts in single-crop pepper plantations and other plantations
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The ongoing crop 2022/23 for was initially estimated by WAPA at a volume very similar to the preceding crop; since the month of August 2022, however, several Member States registered additional drought and heatwave events that will result on smaller fruit sizes and, therefore, lower volumes. As
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This year’s Israeli premium mandarin Orri season, was described as average, but at least better than last season for producers and exporters. The season is nearly over with some producers expected to ship the last volumes over the next two weeks. According to Yonatan Meron, Export Manager of
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The director of the event, Maria Jose Sanchez, announced yesterday in Madrid that Proexport would organize the Lettuce Attraction 2023. There are many reasons to do this, she said, but she highlighted two: "First, lettuce is one of the most consumed vegetables worldwide. Thanks to its
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China's JD.com promotes finance chief to CEO role as Xu Lei resigns read more

In week 17, there were new and consecutive increases in Navel orange prices both in the field (+1.2%) and at the exit from the plant (+4.9%). Prices at origin were 180% higher than in the same week last year and 43% above the average of this week, according to the latest weekly bulletin on fruit
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Carrying out a weekly grocery shop in Malta costs 21% of a person’s average monthly salary in Malta, compared to 19% in Sicily and 16% in Cyprus. An analysis carried out by Times of Malta looked at the average price of several basic food items across three supermarkets in Malta, Sicily and
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Originally designed to access the city port of Bangkok on the Chao Phraya River, Bangkokmax container ships have become the preferred vessels for regional trades in Asia, and other regions. read more

On Thursday, May 11, the Israeli Minister of Agriculture MK Avi Dichter paid a visit to the R&D greenhouses of the breeding company Hazera Seeds. "We had the honor of welcoming the Minister of Agriculture, MK Avi Dichter, and his ministry CEO, Mr. Oren Lavi, accompanied by members of the
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The cooperation between the Florida company and Agrimola group continues. In 2021, Florida soc. coop. agricola became part of Agrimola and, in 2022, it supplied it with 400 tons of summer fruit, which were then processed by the Agrimola facility.  read more

The 2023 stone fruit campaign has already started in the earliest areas of Spain. Although last year there was a reduction of more than 30% in the Spanish stone fruit production, this year the volumes and quality are recovering, despite the fact that the harvest will still remain somewhat below
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"Ours is a company born from the long experience of two families, Longo and Raimondo, who have been in the fruit and vegetable processing machine manufacturing industry since the early 1970s," said Domenico Longo of Tenco Group Lab, a manufacturing company that deals with the supply of
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Kenya and the Netherlands have committed to boosting ties and developing economic relations. The nations have partnered to enhance trade in fruits and vegetables. Under the agreement, the two nations will help enhance sustainable and responsible practices, especially in the tea sector, which
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