Due to the threat in the Red Sea, a significant logistics bottleneck is looming over the export season of grapes, despite expectations of a bumper season following two lean years. Vilas Shinde, CMD of the Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company, suggested that the increased logistics costs incurred by
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Domestic food storage potatoes were evidently predominant. Availability had not changed significantly and was sufficient to satisfy interest. Due to cost factors, there were occasional slight increases in price. Only Munich reported slight discounts on domestic offers. In the area of early food
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"Currently, we are supplying frozen berries, plum puree in barrels from Serbia, and fruit distillates from Bosnia to the EU. The prices for the frozen fruits have fallen dramatically, especially for raspberries. In the last two years, raspberry prices were so high that they were partly sorted
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Since January 25, all Egyptair cargo flights carrying strawberries, raspberries, beans, peas, broccoli, and spring onions for the Tulpin Group have been landing at Brussels airport. The Ostend airport, where that Belgian company and its transport company Ostendfresh usually operate, is
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In February FreshPlaza will be focusing on the grape sector. Are you a grower, importer or supplier of grapes? If so we would love to hear from you. read more

Over the past six years, Fairtrade banana volumes have increased by 466 percent in Canada and 15 percent in the United States. “Today, we estimate that one in three organic bananas in Canada are Fairtrade, while the total Fairtrade market share of conventional and organic combined is estimated
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Solidtec B.V. introduces a completely new palletizing machine based on new techniques and designs: the ST8. This machine is engineered in answer to the requests from the market for a smaller and efficient palletizing system. read more

A global market, yet one strongly oriented towards CIS nations. Omar Papi, CEO of Futura srl, which deals with fruit and vegetable graders, illustrates his company's strategies for the Italian and foreign markets, inviting guests over to the stand at Fruit Logistica. read more

The Commission has today proposed to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products. This is done in line with EU commitments to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. read more

The significance of mandarins has evidently grown: In addition to Spanish Clemenvilla, Clemenova, and Tango, Nadorcott has also been received. Offers from Spain were not always convincing in terms of quality, resulting in occasional price reductions. Israeli Orri, on the other hand, had no
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The current packaging landscape might not be stable, but that isn’t a negative thing as growth is on the horizon, says Marta Paprocka, marketing manager for Polish packaging manufacturer Silbo: “The packaging industry is in exploration mode, and exploration leads to growth. This process is
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At the end of January 2024 in Chisinau the retail price for the highest quality “Moldova” grapes with large dense berries and green branches is close to 45-55 MDL/kg (US $2.53-3.10/kg), which is almost three times as high as wholesale price for this product, according to EastFruit. Stores
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The International Air Transport Association released data for global air freight markets showing that air cargo demand rebounded in 2023 with a particularly strong fourth quarter performance despite economic uncertainties. Full-year demand reached a level just slightly below 2022 and 2019. read more

The European Union has recently heightened official controls on several farm products imported from Vietnam, signaling the necessity for producers and exporters to adhere to import market regulations and boost competitiveness for sustainable exports. From early February, Vietnamese durians,
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The Spanish organic production professional association will denounce former French minister Ségolène Royal to the Attorney General's Office and the European Commission for her statements accusing Spanish organic products of being "fake" and a "scam." read more

"Everyone wants stability," begins Dane Dokman, who does sourcing for Toff, a globally imported organic fruit and vegetable distributor in the Netherlands. About five years ago, there was far more buying on the day, now there is more demand for programs. "The market's very fluid, so we must
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Supplies of California citrus are plentiful right now. “The fruit is big so it’s plentiful in large fruit and very very tight, limited supplies on small fruit--88s and smaller,” says Jim Saavedra of Cecelia Packing Corp. read more

In early January, young zucchini plants were once again planted at CourgetteFleur Zwinkels, and less than a month later, they have started to bloom. This marks the start of the sale of zucchini flowers, the CourgetteFleur. read more

The European top fruit season is going well. "When you consider Elstar apples are priced between €0.90 and €1.20, and that good-sized Conference pears are selling for €1, we certainly cannot complain. But growers need those prices, considering the huge cost increases they've faced," says
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