It's been only two years since Taiwan opened its market to Peruvian blueberries and the Asian country has already become the fourth most important destination for this Peruvian fruit exports, only behind the United States, Europe, and China. read more

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has reported a plunge in its revenue, earnings and profits for FY 2022 (April 2022 - March 2023). In particular, the Singapore-headquartered ocean carrier reported a 10% decrease in its yearly profit, compared with FY21 levels, falling to approximately US$15 billion. read more

There are strong supplies of avocados in the marketplace right now as the industry gears up for Cinco de Mayo, a notable high avocado consumption holiday. “There are excellent supplies of avocados coming from Mexico,” says Calavo Growers Inc.’s Peter Shore. read more

Last week, from April 25 - 27, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) organized their annual convention and trade show. For the first time since 2017, the event took place in Toronto, Ontario. More than 300 companies exhibited, and last year’s attendance record was broken. read more

AEON rolled out the first products with the cross-category GGN label today in AEON, AEON Style, and Daiei supermarkets in the Kantō and Kinki regions of Japan. Products that are now available with the GGN label include tomatoes, eggplants, spinach, asparagus, cucumbers, and Japanese mustard
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In the first quarter of 2023, Ukraine boosted imports of farm produce by 22% YoY, to USD 1,790 million. In particular, in this time period, EU countries supplied food to Ukraine worth USD 907 million (50.7% in the structure of domestic farm produce imports), Asian countries - USD 398 million
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The second day of medFEL 2023 was much calmer than the previous one, but one topic was present on everyone’s mind, raising concerns throughout the entire sector: the drought! read more

The slide in container freight rates on some of the trades routes out of India seems to have slowed, according to the latest market analysis by Container News. read more

The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Antonio Luengo, stated during the presentation of the II Pepper Gastronomic Day, an act in which he was accompanied by the mayor of the town, José Miguel Luengo, that read more

The Garlic Contact Group made up of producers and marketers from Spain, France, and Italy has asked Brussels to strengthen customs controls to prevent the fraudulent entry of Chinese garlic into the European Union, in particular at the Belgian border, according to information published on
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Lack of labour is a growing issue in greenhouse farming. Therefore, the rationalization of the workforce is becoming a necessity. In this field, the system Ideal Tutor, developed by SIA Sicilia Group, provides a way to tie up greenhouse plants, as the binding can be done twice as fast. read more

Cabo Blanco Fresh's exciting project for red pitahaya is expected to start in just a few weeks. This season, the firm aims to target the markets of central and northern Europe, as well as the Scandinavian countries. "We continue betting on the cultivation of pitahaya and working to make this
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To meet growing global demand, and strengthen Asian port connectivity and availability, MSC is proud to unveil a new inter-Asia service between the main ports of China and India. read more

Supplies of organic celery will be limited until likely Mid-June. “The historically cold and rainy winter in California has caused significant supply issues of celery for the industry including blight, seeder and planting gaps,” says Brian Amaral of Braga Fresh Family
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As producers in Almeria start harvesting the first watermelons of this season, Anecoop has started the commercial and promotional campaign for one of its star products, the seedless watermelon, a 100% national product that is present in Andalusia, the Region of Murcia, the Valencian Community,
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The current onion market situation is challenging. "The supply from Belgium and the Netherlands is minimal, which makes things hard. There was supposed to be a new harvest from Egypt, but that quality was really disappointing," says Nathalie Sebrechts of Sebrechts Groenten en Fruit. read more

The Netherlands is Kenya's third largest export market. Now, the two countries have indicated they want to mitigate climate change effects within their mutual trade. Over 100 Dutch companies are operating in Kenya, an indicator of the European country's trust and confidence in Kenya's political
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Australia: From humble orange orchard to online produce empire, Alpha Fresh is a multigenerational story of hard work and family read more

Wet weather has pushed potato planting more than two weeks behind schedule for many growers across the UK. For instance, Peter and Euan Grewar, who grow a huge 650ha area of potatoes in northern Scotland, are anticipating a 5-10% yield penalty as the optimum planting window closes. Planting
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The 2023 cherry campaign has started recently in the early areas of Mequinenza, a town in the Spanish province of Zaragoza, located on the banks of the Ebro River. This is an ideal area for cherry cultivation due to its microclimate, which allows it to have the first open ground cherry
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