Just three months ago, FreshPlaza reported dragon fruit supplies in Ecuador exceeded demand and prices had collapsed as a result. “Ecuador harvests yellow dragon fruit several times a year and each harvest period is about four to six weeks,” says Ricardo Roggiero with Freshway Produce. read more

The Belgian greenhouse vegetable season is in full swing at importer/exporter, Fresh Food. During the winter, this Belgian company focuses mainly on imports from Southern Europe and Morocco, but as summer approaches, Belgian products dominate. They market some of these under their 'The Taste of
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Egypt has exported record-breaking volumes of oranges to India in the first half of the current MY 2022/23 (October-September), as reported by EastFruit. India is one of the key export markets for Egyptian oranges, but exports to India are unstable, with their historical record observed in the
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The cherry season is beginning in Eastern Europe, in Georgia it is in full swing, and in Central Asia it is already coming to an end. However, mid-June is the period of time when cherries can be found in the wholesale markets of most countries in the region, so, as usual, EastFruit offers an
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As EastFruit’s readers should know, Turkey has a substantial amount of unsold hazelnuts stocked. TMO, a governmental body, which buys and sells hazelnuts from the open market in order to regulate prices, has now turned to selling the stocks. This move is the right one for the exporters, but
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"What is important is to always look ahead, yet without forgetting the history we are celebrating," stated Valente, a company dealing with technical solutions for vineyards and orchards located in Campodarsego (Padua) as it celebrated its 60th anniversary with an event held at Villa di
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The supply of limes right now looks fairly similar to last year. “The concentration on small fruit is higher than last year and the large fruit is lower than last year,” says Alex Teague of World Groves. read more

7-Eleven to test robot delivery with startup read more

European thermoforming packaging specialist Waddington® Europe, a division of Novolex®, has become the first to supply a full range of soft-fruit punnets to the UK market that are easier to recycle and use less plastic than conventional punnets. read more

Rain is still falling over Citrusdal where food has had to be flown in by helicopter to stranded inhabitants after the town's entrance road was washed away, and now the remaining electricity line has also fallen victim to the flood. read more

49 tons of apricots and 29 tons of Red Label peaches and nectarines: these were the volumes sold last year, which is quite an achievement. In 2020, the sales of apricots and peaches/nectarines were just under 9 and 4.5 tons, respectively. These results are "very encouraging", according to
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The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer addressed the Olynfenboschkraal Farmers’ Association in Citrusdal on 13 June 2023. read more

East Anglian vegetable producer Frederick Hiam has invested £2.5 mln in machinery, which will replace 20 seasonal workers. Frederick Hiam has upgraded its factory in Brandon with a new trimming line. This will process around 15-20% of the UK's parsnips when it begins production later this month. read more

On Thursday, June 15, traders of the Cologne wholesale market called for a protest against the city of Cologne. We spoke with one of the supporters, Jürgen Hubounig, managing director of Zimpelmann Select-Fruit GmbH & Co. KG, about his impressions of the current status of the wholesale
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With only a few days to go before the strawberry season in the Basilicata region comes to an end, Francesco Nicodemo would like to express appreciation and gratitude to all the producers associated with the Nicofruit Group. read more

APM Terminals Bahrain, the operating company of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has announced the appointment of Matthew Luckhurst as the new Managing Director for Bahrain. He will be assuming the role on the 2nd of July 2023. read more

Panama is set to export their first officially certified commercial dragon fruit (pitahaya) shipment by air to Europe later this month (June 2023). “At this moment we are about to make our first export to Europe, with the support of government institutions such as Pro-Panama and the Ministry
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"An average freight train can replace 56 trucks," reads the Prorail website. After walking and cycling, trains produce the least CO2 emissions of all transportation forms. Yet in 2021 - the European Year of Rail - only 11% of all goods were transported by rail in Europe. That would be different,
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The Florida Tomato Exchange filed a request with the U.S. Department of Commerce to terminate the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement because it has failed to stop unfairly traded Mexican tomatoes from destroying the U.S. tomato industry. read more

From January to May 2023, Azerbaijan exported 238,893 tonnes of fruits and vegetables worth $241,967.98 thousand to foreign countries. According to the State Customs Committee report, the value of the exported fruits and vegetables increased by $22,725 thousand or 10.4% in annual comparison,
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