Asoex and China’s Dalian Municipal Bureau of Commerce have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the construction of the Chile-Dalian fruit import corridor. The project aims to provide faster access for Chilean fruit to Northwest China and Asia. read more

A new service that makes it easier to import goods is set to benefit hundreds of thousands of UK traders, according to the government.  read more

A Chilean trade mission led by Asoex president Iván Marambio visited New Zealand this month to learn more about its fruit production and export processes and forge a closer collaboration between the two industries. The trip marks a significant step in moves to end in ending Chile’s
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Apricot production in Europe will be shorter this year, according to a new forecast issued during Europêch, an annual industry meeting that took place at trade event Medfel in Perpignan, France. read more

The owners of the Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) to Bigbucks and the brand Flash Gala have warned that exports of trees of the extremely popular Gala-type apple from Southern Europe to India will be illegal if not handled via the ABCz nursery in Belgium, the global rights holders for the variety
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After he was handed it just a few days ago, Vincenzo Bilotta, an agri-business owner from Lamezia Terme (Calabria, Italy), could not resist the temptation to immediately try out his new Versilia mulcher with Automatic Inter-row Kit, trademarked by Pellerano. read more

EastFruit continues a series of articles on the horticultural market in Morocco. The country is confidently increasing exports of several categories of high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables, including Moroccan watermelons. read more

"In recent years, the association has proven that it can react quickly and comprehensively to current developments. The high degree of self-sufficiency of the potato in Germany is an asset worth protecting. Our dialogs with politicians at all levels show that we can effectively represent the
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The yuan became the most widely-used currency for cross-border transactions in China in March. According to official data, it overtook the dollar for the first time. Cross-border payments and receipts in yuan rose to a record $549.9 billion in March from $434.5 billion a month earlier. read more

The persistent cold in many growing areas of Germany has set back the vegetation of numerous crops by several weeks. This also applies to German spring onions, which is why the available quantities are currently not sufficient to cover the entire demand, neither on the German domestic market nor
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Drought continues to be a problem in northern Italy, where rivers and reservoirs have reached minimum levels, already almost as bad as last summer. The rainfall in winter and these first few spring months has been so low that irrigation cannot be assured. Applications for wells have
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The table grape season is about to start in Egypt, amidst concerns about weather conditions, to which grapes are particularly vulnerable. read more

The high temperatures throughout Spain are increasing the demand for watermelons and melons in Almeria. These are the first of the season from the earliest plantings. However, the quantities are still very small. read more

PGI lemons from Rocca Imperiale sold under the Limoré brand are known not only in Italy, but in Europe as well. What makes them stand out against the competition is not only the quality, but also the sales price. read more

Over the past few weeks, the President of the Cermac consortium Enrico Turoni signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Berry Growers from Kyrgyzstan, represented by President Tilek Toktogaziev. read more

"Fresh.Land began because of one grower's cry for help,” begins Mathilde Jakobsen of this Danish digital platform. “A few years ago, my father-in-law, who grows oranges in Algarve, Portugal, couldn't get his fruit sold. That was due to oversupply and low prices on the local market because of
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Egyptian exporters significantly increased the supply of dried onions to the US market in 2022, EastFruit informs. Moreover, Egypt became second in the ranking of the largest suppliers of dried onions to the USA! read more

Following the opening of the China-Pakistan border on April 1, the Chinese government has allowed the import of cherries from Pakistan. However, the trade requires rigorous phytosanitary standards that, experts say, are difficult to comply with. read more

The Austrian Parliament (National Council) has passed an amendment to the national patent law. The new patent law excludes in particular adventitious genetic modifications from patent protection. Patents on malting barley or maize, such as those granted in recent years by the European
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Farmers from the village of Kunicha, one of the largest export-oriented berry clusters in Moldova, hope to maintain and even expand the supply of strawberries to Romania this year. In 2022, the berry producers of this village sent almost 300 tonnes of strawberries to the Romanian market, which
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