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The July/August 2023 edition of Asiafruit Magazine is now available on the Asiafruit app – Apple and Android – bringing you the latest news and views from across Asia’s fast-moving fresh produce markets. read more

Fresh produce from some of Australia’s best-known brands has powered Escavox towards successfully completing the Oxfam Trailwalker 2023 and surpassing the company’s fundraising goal. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, negative trends in the Ukrainian raspberry market continued last week, which led to the refusal of several medium-sized farms to continue harvesting berries from their orchards. read more

Europlant Pflanzenzucht GmbH has established a subsidiary in Spain to expand its market presence in the Mediterranean region. From now on Europlant España Semillas S.L. will be responsible for the distribution of the modern and high-performance potato varieties in Spain. read more

Currently, the domestic plum is being harvested in Paizawat (Northwest China). On July 21, Zhongli, a local agricultural company, exported a unique variety of domestic plums in the county to Malaysia. This is the first batch of plums delivered abroad this year. read more

UK: Bumpy ride for billionaire brothers who banked on Asda's success read more

Spanish customs officials and National Police have confiscated the country’s biggest cocaine haul to date: 9.5 tons hidden in a banana freight container originating from Ecuador. The drugs were found on Wednesday in the southwestern port of Algeciras in a refrigerated container among a cargo
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DP World today signed a concession agreement with the Deendayal Port Authority to develop, operate and maintain a new 2.19 million TEU per annum mega-container terminal at Kandla in Gujarat on India’s western coast. read more

Afghanistan successfully exported 2,000 cartons of fresh grapes to Russia through the Haritan port. This marks the first time that such an export has taken place, as reported by the Chamber of Commerce of the northern Balkh province. read more

While conveying information on the fruit's peel is nothing new for kiwis, melons and watermelons, the same cannot be said for fruits considered more delicate, such as stone fruits. This is the case of Ondine nectarines, which, in France, who is using a very special form of communication. read more

"The current plum season is certainly better than that of 2022, when producer prices were recorded as low as €0.20 per kilo," said Maria Cuppone, a stone fruit grower and fruit and vegetables operator from the southern Italian province of Matera. "The demand has increased tremendously in
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Recent data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia reveals the country's thriving export of peaches and nectarines from May 1 to August 22, 2023. read more

On March 31, 2023, two agreements were signed to allow the export of almonds and kakis to China. The signing took place within the framework of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez's visit to China and will allow Spanish companies with registered plots to ship raw shelled almonds to China. read more

Luonnosta Finland Oy and Phil Rayner are excited to announce the establishment of Luonnosta UK Ltd. Luonnosta’s strategy for several years has been to develop international business and strengthen networks worldwide. Now the time was right to take the operations to the next level with a
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The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, has welcomed the agreement with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Wang Yi (on behalf of Chinese Agriculture Minister Tang Ranijan) for the export of avocado to the
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Peru’s blueberry exports to China during the ongoing campaign have fallen significantly compared to the same period last year, informs Fructidor. read more

Officials of the Panama Canal Authority warned yesterday that water-conserving measures will be in place for at least the next 10 months. Faced with an unprecedented drought this year, combined with the onset of the El Niño weather phenomenon, administrators at the Panama Canal have cut the
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Lack of products due to bad weather in the countries of the region has resulted in higher prices this year for Albanian agricultural products, but exporters are facing high losses from the exchange rate. read more

The Algarve is responsible for 90% of Portugal’s orange production; orange trees need a lot of water (much more than avocados, for example) and with the drought, this has almost been impossible. Whatever trees have produced this year is generally smaller, less in number – and certainly
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Sapodilla, also known as La-Moot in Thailand, wood potato, chiku, acha, or sapote, is an exotic fruit that tastes like a combination of ice cream, caramel, fudge, and condensed milk. In Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, this fruit is considered exotic and primarily grown by small
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