International Marketing Director Rebecca Lyons announced her June 30 retirement at the March 30 Washington Apple Commission Board of Directors meeting. Lyons, who started at the Commission in 1999 as the International Marketing Manager for the Latin American markets, has steered the
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Recently, Shandong Aoweite Biotechnology Co., Ltd., a Chinese preservative manufacturer, announced that the company has obtained sales qualifications in multiple markets in Europe, North America, and South America. read more

At the end of March 2023, EastFruit wrote about the beginning of the harvest of early winter onions in the southernmost region of Uzbekistan. As we forecast in the article, a week later, the first large batches of onions became available on the wholesale markets of the country’s capital. read more

Recent media articles have stated that avocados are currently retailing at prices as low as 80 cents each in Australia, and John Tyas, the Chief Executive Officer of Avocados Australia, was recently contacted by various media channels to provide comment on this statement. read more

Lemon farmers of Nellore and Tirupati districts are getting worried. The farmers are alleging that the increase in exports from other parts of the country is impacting their exports. The price of one bag of lemons has reached Rs 4,000-5,000 which has reduced drastically when compared to the
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According to Iurie Fala, CEO of Moldova Fruct, the country’s fruit growers and exporters association Moldova is exporting fewer of its apples to the CIS region than it did a couple of years ago: “Moldova has a continuous trend of diversifying the apple export market, with a decreasing share
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The Kenyan government has temporarily lifted the ban on export of raw macadamia nuts, which was in place since 2015, to offer the growers better prices. According to Moses Kuria, Cabinet Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization, the ban will be lifted for one year to open up the
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The global trade in conventional bananas has become increasingly concentrated over the past decade. As a result, nowadays most of the bananas offered at German retailers are imported directly, which is why the general conditions for smaller fruit importers are tending to become more difficult.
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Making relatively inexpensive investments in order to rationalize natural and energy resources and grow in line with food safety principles, as well as automating facilities to make the technological and digital transition of production processes sustainable while also reducing labor
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According to the Union of Associations of Nut Producers of Moldova, the members of the organization began to receive requests to buy walnut kernels this week. This has occasionally happened before, but Moldovan export traders did not respond to such requests, since the main market for Moldovan
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Fruit breeding has a long generation time as it takes years to develop a new table grape or cherry variety. As a result, global warming is a significant concern to factor in and one that impacts all regions in the world. “Due to the long propagation time, we need to predict 10 to 20 years in
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Dole Food Company is introducing a new juicier, more aromatic and golden pineapple in response to consumer demand for a sweeter pineapple-eating experience read more

Ecuador sent its first official shipment of pitahaya to the Chinese market on Monday, April 10. Four exporting companies of Palora, canton of the province of Morona Santiago, exported 7,745 kg of pitahaya to the Asian giant. read more

Overall, the bell pepper season in Almeria, Spain, is drawing to a close. In isolated cases, such as in the Berja area, located in the higher altitudes of Almeria, small quantities are still being produced. Red and yellow peppers may still be available until the end of April. This development
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The potato season is starting in Egypt and is marked by abundant production, high demand, stable prices, and no particular challenges except for a few shipment complications. Mohammad Hassan, export manager of Al Gamal-Plantix, gives an overview of the upcoming season. read more

UK: M&S confirms news on prices of over 100 essential items - and shoppers will be pleased read more

Despite initial concerns about global freight bottlenecks and two spells of unseasonal rains, Indian grape exports to Europe for the 2022-23 season (December to April) skyrocketed. Up until April 10, India exported 7,932 containers (containing 15 tons of grapes each), up from the 7,626
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Six months before its launch, more than 90% of the exhibitors that participated in the previous edition of Fruit Attraction have confirmed that they will participate in Fruit Attraction 2023. The Fair's 15th-anniversary edition will be held from October 3 to 5 in Madrid, and the organization
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CF Embal has been packaging fruit and vegetables for three generations. In the 1980s, the family business specialized in the creation, manufacture, and marketing of wooden trays. "At the time, the trays were assembled manually. In the 1990s, we invested in a unique system that allowed us to
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"We believe that, with the varieties available in the second part of the season and with the existing volumes in Spain, we can cover the whole period from December to June," said Cipriano Castelló, Corporate Purchasing Director MMPP at The Natural Fruit Company. However, the scenario is very
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