EU monthly orange imports came in at 78.808 tonnes in the past month. read more

Due to the weather conditions in several European and African countries, there is a shortage of several products, such as tomatoes, says Fatiha Charrat, deputy managing director for Moroccan fresh produce exporter Delassus Group. read more

At the moment, a "coldness" in the consumption trend of the Romans is announced. According to the Price Observatory of the Centro Agroalimentare Roma, while there is good availability of typical food products for the Easter period in Lazio, food consumption is not taking off.
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Currently, the early growing areas of Spain are slowly but surely starting this year's stone fruit harvest. In a few weeks, the first apricots, peaches and nectarines will hit the German market. Compared to other fruit crops, stone fruit is considered to be particularly sensitive to weather
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India is taking steps to promote the use of its own currency for international trade. This is part of a push to boost its exports in countries that are grappling with a shortage of dollars, or that are being affected by Western sanctions. Trade experts say moves to promote the Indian rupee as an
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How would you summarise the state of the industry in Belgium at the moment? read more

Switzerland-based Agrinorm has announced that it has secured a seven-digit round of financing to further develop its AI-powered software for quality risk management across fresh produce value chains. read more

China has become the 59th country to grant access to Ecuadorean pitahayas after years of negotiations, Ecuador’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) announced this week. read more

Israel’s Haskelberg has teamed up with IG Deccan to bring high-quality avocado genetics to India. read more

The focus will be on the efficiency of the value chain, particularly fresh produce marketing facilities, market dynamics of key inputs and their impact on producers, and barriers to entry, expansion and participation. read more

South Africa will host the eleventh World Avocado Congress, to be held in 2027. read more

New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers (NZKGI) will continue its advocacy work for at least the next six years. read more

Poeldijk-based vertical farm Future Crops has been declared bankrupt. For this reason, all equipment belonging to the baby lettuce and herb producer will be auctioned through Troostwijk Auctions' platform. The lots can be bid on from Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 16:00. The auction closes on
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Manter is pleased and proud to announce that Nordisk Pakkeriutstyr AS (NPU) is their new dealer for Norway and Sweden. NPU is already well known in the industry and can offer high quality service through experience and local presence. With this, Manter aims to strengthen their position in
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There’s an oversupply of tomatoes right now. “It’s an oversupply that’s almost a glut,” said Bob Spencer of West Coast Tomato, LLC, noting it’s affecting all varieties of tomatoes. read more

This year South Africa will celebrate the 25th year of exporting citrus fruit to the US. The harvest is just getting underway and Miles Fraser-Jones, VP of New Business Development at Sierra Produce has returned to the States after visiting the company’s citrus growers. read more

Turkish experience in the development of pooling of foldable boxes will be even more interesting and relevant for the countries of our region, primarily for Moldova, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan, than the experience of the European Union. The experience of Turkey is very
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According to data from state statistics service Rosstat, Russia's weekly consumer prices went up more quickly at the end of March. Russia's central bank held the key interest rate at 7.5% last month, maintaining a hawkish stance as a widening budget deficit and labor shortages pose ongoing
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This season, the traditional downward trend in prices for imported strawberries on the Polish wholesale market began in mid-February, when the volumes of Spanish strawberries sold there began to increase with a big delay. However, the average wholesale price for imported strawberries offered in
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South Africa’s citrus trade with the EU is currently held back by “protectionism”, President Cyril Ramaphosa told a recent bilateral trade forum between South Africa and Belgium, and with it, the aspirations of black citrus farmers whose forebears had been denied economic participation
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