Westfalia Fruit has announced a major expansion of its packhouse in Mozambique, underscoring its commitment to fostering growth and innovation in the country’s avocado sector. Work to upgrade the facility is already underway and due to be completed in the second week of February 2024. read more

Snack-sized apple company, Rockit Global has launched a new campaign across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to mark the return of millions of children to school. The Ready. Set. Rockit. Back to School campaign builds on the momentum of the Ready. Set. Rockit. Campaign, which ran at
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Australian horticulture will be well represented at Asia Fruit Logistica (AFL) in on Hong Kong on 6-8 September with more than 40 Australian exhibitors taking part. read more

New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri has welcomed new data that shows the rise in popularity of kiwifruit in recent years. read more

Agrohub opens a new branch – a modern complex, which will open in Tbilisi, on Zviad Gamsakhurdia embankment N80, in early 2024, reports EastFruit with reference to Business Insider Georgia. This will be the fourth store of the premium retail chain in Tbilisi. read more

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Eight thousand promotional days, 2.3 million consumers intercepted at points of sale, more than 20 million contacts through social media, around 80 million potential readers thanks to the sounding board provided by the media. These are some of the numbers of In&Out, the
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Very positive figures for Romagnoli F.lli Spa, which closed 2022 with a turnover of over 40 million euros, up 8% compared to the previous year, with exports accounting for 2% of total revenues; over 50 thousand tonnes of products sold. Strong
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According to the decision adopted at the meeting of the Government of Georgia, the state program “Co-financing of refrigerated warehouses for storage of berry crops for agricultural cooperatives” will be implemented. read more

Morocco keeps expanding its presence in the global blueberry market, with the United Arab Emirates as one of the most rapidly growing directions, reports EastFruit. In the MY 2022/23 (July-June) Morocco headed the list of the blueberry suppliers to the UAE, having outstripped South Africa. read more

Leading Australian fresh produce grower-packer-marketer Costa Group has released its financial results for the first half of 2023 with a poor citrus season set to reduce full year earnings by an estimated A$30m (US$20m). read more

Leading Australian fresh produce grower-packer-marketer Costa Group has released its financial results for the first half of 2023 with a poor citrus season set to reduce full year earnings by an estimated A$30m (US$20m). read more

As the grape season kicks off in the southern hemisphere, the global grape market is shaping up for an interesting season, considers EastFruit and invites you to read the review of the global grape market, published in Italian by the FreshPlaza. read more

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For the eighth consecutive year, almonds retained the top spot as the most used nut in new product introductions in Europe in 2022. The data can be found in Innova Market Insights' Global New Product Introductions report. Italy, Germany,
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The export value of fruits, vegetables and flowers rose by 8.3% in the first half of the year, reaching a total of over €1 billion. This is the first time that the sector’s international sales have broken the billion euro barrier in the first six months of the year. Over 80% of sales were
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Spain’s melon season has been a rollercoaster so far, starting out with an oversupply, followed by a shortage due to weather destroying over half of the crops. But August has seen a significant upturn in fortunes. read more

Daikin Reefer has worked with Thai mango shipper Swift and CMA CGM to successfully transport Nam Doc Mai (Honey) and Mahachanok (Rainbow) mangoes from Thailand to Korea and Japan using seafreight rather than airfreight. read more