Last year, high energy prices meant there was little supply from those countries' greenhouses, so supermarkets had to switch to imports from Southern Europe. How are things looking this year? We approached ALDI Belgium for more insight into their supplies and strategies for the upcoming winter
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WTO members considered five regional trade agreements (RTAs) between the United Kingdom and various trading partners, namely Central America, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Mozambique, Moldova, Albania and Georgia. They also considered two RTAs between the European Free Trade
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Modern-style gardens relate to modernist interiors. They are an extension to the buildings and must therefore blend harmoniously with the architectural elements. As in flats, they focus primarily on functionality.
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This is 7% more than in the previous year (281 million boxes), but less than the 315 million boxes shipped in 2021 and the 320 million boxes shipped in 2020. With an additional 14.9 million boxes, deliveries to the EU recorded the largest absolute increase. Deliveries to
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In purely economic terms, the prices for PGI hazelnuts from Piedmont (Nocciola Piemonte Igp) are currently quite favourable at around €7.50 per kg. "Of course, a producer wouldn't say the same," emphasised Delmonte. They are currently lower than at the start of the campaign, when they were at
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Jennie Coleman has been honoured with the prestigious RBC Momentum Award celebrating Canada’s most accomplished women entrepreneurs for her outstanding leadership as president of Equifruit, North America’s biggest importer of Fairtrade-certified bananas. read more

Leading European fresh produce company Orsero Group has established a series of partnerships with charitable organisations in Italy to redistribute unsold fruit and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste. read more

Legislation is therefore increasingly focussing on the recyclability and reusability of packaging. The Forum Rezyklat has now scrutinised secondary and transport packaging and examined which materials are used in shipping cartons, films, displays and the like.
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Some 150 delegates from 17 countries met to discuss the challenging scenario for Europe’s produce industry at the 17th edition of the International Congress of Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations (ICOP), which took place in Almería on 22-24 November. read more

South Africa’s cherry growers are smiling this year. Despite a short crop, and likely a short season, exporters say quality and sizing is excellent, amid increasing demand from international markets. read more

This is proof that the industry's promotion strategies are delivering positive results. In October, export volumes to countries such as Iraq, Canada, India and Saudi Arabia quadrupled in some cases, according to Ferhat Gürüz, board member of the association. This
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YoLa Fresh, a Moroccan agribusiness marketplace, has partnered with CensaNext, a technology subsidiary of WayCool Foods, to bring the Indian company’s cutting-edge technology and expertise to the African market. read more

Over the past five years, pear production in the Belpaese has plummeted by 75 % and the area under cultivation has shrunk by 35 % in twelve years - around 15,000 hectares less. While 926,000 tonnes of pears were grown back then, this year farmers have only managed to produce
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The production of table grapes, apples and pears is forecast to grow by 8%, 7% and 2% respectively in 2023/24 based on average yield and normal weather conditions, according to the latest USDA report. South African exports of deciduous fruit in 2023/24 will also increase due to higher production
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The repercussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are spreading to international maritime logistics, which is experiencing a moment of great apprehension. The events of Sunday, 19 November, when Yemen's Houthi paramilitary group, which supports Hamas, attacked
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The upcoming citrus season will be much easier from a commercial point of view for Egyptian exporters, helped by improved sizes and low competition, according to Eslam Gelila, CEO of Gelila. read more

A wholesale distribution centre is set to open in Mangystau as part of projects aimed at stabilizing prices for essential food items, discussed at a meeting chaired by the region's head, Nurlan Nogaev. read more

A year ago, Jaco Fivaz (right) from Mohlatsi Farm, a Hoedspruit mango farmer and former chair of the South African Mango Growers’ Association, realised their own mango drying facility was facing some export challenges. He spent months researching the global trade in dried mango and told the
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People in Flanders, Belgium, see chances to expand local ginger cultivation. Researchers wanted a project to address the biggest challenges in support of ginger farming in that region. So, on November 1, 2023, the horticultural (LA) project "Expansion of ginger cultivation in Flanders" was launched. read more

Egyptian exporters are gearing up for the citrus season, which officially begins on December 15, but it remains unclear how prices will compare to last season. Mahmoud Esawy, export manager at Al Wessam Company for Agri Crops, shares his insights. read more