The controversy over the import of oranges from Egypt, while Italian oranges would remain on the plants, has been going on for the last few days. But is this really the case? On closer inspection, these are not just complaints made in the air, since the pressure of the imported product is very much felt by producers. read more

The Spanish citrus season is encountering serious difficulties, both in oranges and mandarins, as well as in lemons and grapefruit. The conflict in the Red Sea has led to an increase in the presence of Egyptian oranges and Moroccan mandarins in European and North American markets,
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Below are the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. These are national averages of the most common prices for bananas in the Birmingham and London wholesale markets. This publication is updated weekly. Costa Rican bananas in the
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French and Italian cauliflowers formed the basis of the assortment. Spanish deliveries completed the picture, while Belgian cauliflowers appeared to a lesser extent only in Cologne. Spanish products were conspicuous by their absence in Hamburg. However, according to BLE, the
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In Spain, the lemon market remains under pressure at origin, due to an increase in the harvest of Fino or Primofiore lemons. This figure only confirms the previous forecasts of Ailimpo, the Spanish trade association for lemons and grapefruits. read more

The Dutch sales office of North Bay Produce is entering its fourth year of activity. "We now have a staff of six people working in the Netherlands and England, which we should expand even further in the coming years," says Wilco Arts. North Bay is a cooperative
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The Sicilian grower Il Marchio d'Oro supplies the market with almost year-round production of different varieties of yellow and red Lamuyo tomatoes and peppers. In addition to vine tomatoes, the company grows cherry, cherry pear and pear tomatoes. read more

Against a background of increasing consumption in Ukraine, farms are investing significantly in the development of the domestic market. This shift towards domestic consumption has been partly induced by logistical difficulties in the export of vegetables and restrictions
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"We are seeing a general decline in consumption and we are suffering for two reasons: we offer a high-end product; at the same time, we export 60 per cent of our fresh product throughout Europe. What we notice, in spite of everything, is the market's consideration of the
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At Beaulieu Farm, in Grabouw, South Africa, one of the first farms to plant the Flash Gala - a mutation of the Gala - nine years ago, pome fruit grower (and discoverer of the Flash Gala's ancestor, the Corder Gala), Derek Corder, says that the South African industry
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