The Spanish-French-Italian-Portuguese Strawberry Contact Group recently met in Huelva. The group analyzed the impact of the increase in production costs, climatic adversities, and differences in phytosanitary regulations between Community producers and third countries, which they stated: "also
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Berry and citrus specialist Daifressh continues to expand raspberry, strawberry and blueberry acreage across its main areas of origin. Berries are currently the company’s main line of business and the one that is growth the most rapidly every year. read more

It follows a story in The Grocer last week which revealed Egyptian imports would soon be hit with a 10% tariff due to an insufficient quotaThe government has been slammed for its “misleading and inaccurate” response to complaints it failed to negotiate a satisfactory
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Portuguese exports of fruit, vegetables and flowers reached their highest level ever in 2022: 2040 million euros. This result represents an increase of 15.6% compared to 2021, Portugal Fresh announced at FRUIT LOGISTICA. read more

Sales of potatoes and onions are particularly quiet after the turn of the year. "Although we are currently also offering Annabelle potatoes from Cyprus, it is still too early for early potatoes. Strictly speaking, the imported goods are not early potatoes for consumption, but stored potatoes
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Supermarket aisles across Europe face shortages of fruit and vegetables in the coming weeks following a series of adverse climatic events in the southern Spain region of Almeria, whose greenhouses supply a big proportion of the fresh produce consumed during the winter months. read more

Although the pandemic that has lasted for three years brought huge challenges to the Chinese market, according to official data, the total amount of imported fruit in the Chinese market has continued to grow in the past three years, and the structure has changed. read more

Zimbabwe avocado exports last season exceeded projections, reaching 8,180 tonnes, according to the Horticulture Development Council (HDC). read more

Cyclone Gabrielle has hit New Zealand farmers hard, some have lost everything. Some apple growers has just started the harvest and the orchards were full of trees with apples waiting to be harvested, many have nothing left. read more

Planasa has opened a new research and development centre in the Mexican state of Michoacán to develop new berry varieties adapted to the growing conditions in Latin America and the US. read more

A new probe in the distribution and marketing of fresh produce in South Africa will focus attention on the reasons for steep increases in fresh produce prices, while also focusing on the behaviour of growers and retailers. read more

New Zealand has been devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left a number of people dead and seen the country’s government implement a state of emergency. read more

Vietnam needs to develop a national brand identity for its fruit to help add value and increase competitiveness in international markets, according to new calls from the country’s fresh produce industry.  read more

Cambodia’s Department of Commerce has been in discussions with Alibaba to improve international online sales of Cambodian products including fresh produce. read more

Greenyard Fresh Italy, a company that imports and exports fresh fruits and vegetables globally, joins the Ondine Club to be one of the first to harvest the new Ondine flat varieties of peaches and nectarines on Italian soil. read more

Prices for Egyptian spring onions have significantly increased. According to Mai Yassin, export manager at Egyptian fresh produce exporter Stars of Export, this is due a shortage of spring onions on the market: “The demand for spring onions is very high these days, partly due to the shortage
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Two years ago, Lykos Ltd, founded in 1992, underwent a change of ownership as well as a fundamental restructuring. Nevertheless, the core competence of the wholesale company based at Berlin's wholesale market is still the on-time supply of gastronomers and the direct import of fruits, wines,
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Demand for sustainable packaging solutions continues to increase globally. In response, the Netherlands-headquartered JASA Packaging Solutions opened a US branch in 2018, followed by a branch in Canada in 2022. "We have been active on the North American market since 1990, but in 2018, we made
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The municipal government of La Trinidad has urged farmers to produce three times their regular yield and battle the effects of land conversion by adopting elevated strawberry farming . read more

After two years of online meetings, the participants of the annual QS laboratory managers' meeting for the area of residue monitoring finally met again in presence. Over 120 laboratory managers from 13 countries (including Benelux, Italy, Spain, Greece, Serbia, Croatia, Poland,
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