Belgium: Jumbo: "Not leaving, but expanding in Belgium" read more

Papino prices, very high for months, have been coming down over the past two weeks. read more

India is the most populous country in the world. Its population is estimated at 1.428 billion, about 3 million more than China. There are obviously different types of consumers, including a few hundred million with remarkable purchasing power who prefer a specific level of quality in fruits and
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EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to Uzbekistan’s rapid increase fresh watermelon exports in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, the country exported 81.8 thousand tons of watermelons, which became a historical record, beating the previous one by 67%. In 2023 Uzbekistan has already
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At Fruit South Africa’s recent Asia Fruit Logistica stand, the high levels of interest in South African fruit were again evident. Fhumulani Ratshitanga, CEO of the umbrella body representing South Africa’s export fruit industries, remarks that despite some of their colleagues getting caught
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Kenyan exports to the Netherlands have more than doubled over the past 10 years to stand at Sh70 billion in 2022. Dutch Ambassador to Kenya, Maarten Brouwer, indicates that his country is now the second-largest destination of Kenyan exports in the world and the largest in Europe with over €300
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The European Commission informed through the Rassf system - Rapid Alert System for Foodstuffs in the European Union - that during the last season 2022-2023, 49 lots of Turkish lemons (43) and grapefruits (6) were rejected and their
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In most regions of Moldova, harvesting of walnuts of early varieties has begun (mainly local selection – “Peschansky”, “Kazaku”, etc.). Specialists from the Union of Associations of Nut Crops Producers of Moldova claim that in a number of regions of the country, early nut fruits
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The American mushroom market is undergoing a transformation, with consumers increasingly choosing a variety of exotic mushrooms alongside traditional favorites like button and brown mushrooms. Shandong Imperial Garden Biotechnology, a large producer of fresh shiitake and shiitake substrate logs
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The three-day "Food2China Expo and 2023 Guangzhou (Jiangnan) International Fruit and Vegetable Industry Expo" kicked off today (September 21) at the Guangzhou Poly World Trade Expo. The exhibition hall brings together various brands and companies in the Chinese fruit industry, regional fruit
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Zespri’s last charter vessel of the 2023 kiwifruit season has departed the Port of Tauranga. Around 782 tonnes of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit and 3,621 tonnes of Zespri Green Kiwifruit are onboard the Discovery Bay, which is expected to reach Tokyo in early October before sailing on to Kobe,
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More than eight tons of Hass avocados from Australia’s South West region have now been airfreighted to Bangkok, ready to be distributed to retailers, hotels and restaurants. The first shipment of WA avocados to Thailand was given the green light earlier this week. read more

According to EastFruit, Morocco exported a record volume of cucumbers to Portugal this season. One of the factors that contributed to the increase in shipments to the Portuguese markets was the severe drought that affected Europe. read more

New Zealand-based agritech company Robotics Plus has this week (21 September) launched Prospr, an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks. read more

Spanish lemon and grapefruit association Ailimpo has put out a press release showing that the European Union rejected a total of 49 batches of lemons and grapefruit from Turkey in 2022/23 for the presence of banned pesticides or chemicals exceeding MRLs. read more

Spanish lemon and grapefruit association Ailimpo has put out a press release showing that the European Union rejected a total of 49 batches of lemons and grapefruit from Turkey in 2022/23 for the presence of banned pesticides or chemicals exceeding MRLs. read more

New Zealand-based agritech company Robotics Plus has launched Prospr, an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks more efficiently and sustainably while reducing reliance on labor. read more

Marquis Macadamias has marked a significant milestone sending its first shipment of Australian macadamias to India under the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA). read more

Ten of Australia’s leading agricultural research organisations are pooling their powers to bolster on-farm adoption of research outcomes and returns to farmers. read more

EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to Uzbekistan’s rapid increase fresh watermelon exports in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, the country exported 81.8 thousand tons of watermelons, which became a historical record, beating the previous one by 67%. In 2023 Uzbekistan has already
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