A substantial quantity of cocaine, valued at almost $16 million, was uncovered in a banana shipment at the Port of Tauranga. Customs officers detected 35kg of cocaine concealed in the engine compartment of a refrigerated shipping container loaded with bananas. The vessel, arriving from Panama on
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A seminar was held yesterday morning in Tokyo, attended by representatives of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, as part of the Emilia-Romagna Region's mission to Japan on the occasion of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World.
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This week, Kazakhstan's Justice Minister announced the official registration of the Almaty Aport as a national brand with a geographical indication. A geographical indication serves as a label, ensuring a product is exclusively produced in a specific region. read more

According to data from the Association of Greek fruit and vegetable export companies, imports in Greece saw a significant surge in October, recording a 35.56% increase compared to the same month in 2022. read more

After successfully exporting fresh citrus to China, Zimbabwean blueberry producers are now eyeing the expansive Chinese market for their berries. read more

EastFruit analysts note that the most active fresh plum season is coming to an end in Moldova, and it is a good time to make some preliminary conclusions, which are extremely interesting. read more

In Johannesburg's lively student hub of Braamfontein, the surging prices of potatoes are reshaping South Africa's communal eating habits. The beloved tradition of sharing snacks, particularly chips (fried potatoes), is under strain as rising costs lead people to opt for solo snacking to manage
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The southern resort island of Jeju is set to export its famous winter specialty, "Gyul" tangerines, to New Zealand for the first time. read more

Ahold Delhaize announces leadership transitions at Delhaize Serbia read more

With the harvest of the red-skinned and red-fleshed Rouge variety, the Kissabel® marketing season in Europe is now in full swing. In October in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, the harvest of the revolutionary range of apples with coloured flesh was completed in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. read more

There is a lower availability of walnuts from Portugal. Tiago Mendes Pinto, commercial director of Portuguese walnut exporter Nogam, states that’s it’s not quite the season they had expected: “For the walnut season, we’re having a bad year in terms of the production. Volumes were
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In the past two weeks, South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) published two Government Gazettes outlining the procedure for exports from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Mozambique to the EU and the UK, respectively, to take advantage
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Italy is pushing phytosanitary agreements for fruit exports, especially to the Far East. A seminar was held in Tokyo, at the Italian Embassy, aimed at boosting the opening of the Japanese market to Italian kiwi fruit. Fruitimprese, Salvi-Unacoa took part,
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Giving value to wooden fruit and vegetable packaging. The RiPack consortium, officially launched on 27 October in Campania, Italy, brings together a number of packaging manufacturers located throughout the country. It is thanks to their capillary spread if
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The ongoing drought and much slower shipping transit times through the Panama Canal, as the country faces the driest rainy season and October in 73 years, is being closely watched with 82% of the over 354.6 million boxes of bananas exported yearly from Ecuador passing through this interoceanic
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The resistance and identity of Palestine - and of all those who support its cause - are symbolised by the watermelon. read more

It is the apple that inaugurated the extra sweet segment and today can count on sustained growth worldwide thanks to its customised strengths. We are talking about envy™, and telling us about it were the representatives of the two consortia that produce it in Italy, Vog and Vip. In
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Some 2,500 florists and decorators from all over Spain attended the 39th edition of Mercabarna-flor's Mercademostraciones early this morning. Under the slogan 'Prê-a-porter', Christmas decoration within everyone's reach, the market presented the latest trends for the festive season.
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The Italian clementine season is in full swing. All apple varieties are present, with the arrival of Sweetango.There is less presence of Italian pears for theWilliameAbate Fetel. Italian grapes are still on the market, and the Pizzutello is in its last throes. Sales of
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Egypt’s table grape crop is forecast to reach 1.57 million tons in 2023/24 (October-September), while exports are projected to total 170,000 tons. In Egypt, grapes are one of the most widely grown fruit crops, second to citrus. There are many varieties of table grapes produced in the country.
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