Due to the Red Sea crisis, the latest shipment of Egyptian citrus arrived in the Chinese market in early February, which is approximately half a month later than usual. Moreover, the volume of arrivals was lower compared to previous years during the same period. Currently, the arrivals mainly
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Last year's test run – pardon the pun – with South African citrus to India and Bangladesh under the aegis of cricketer AB de Villiers' 360 brand, confirmed what Down South was hoping for: the emotional attachment to cricket is a massive springboard into the Indian subcontinent. Down South
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Tomorrow, Friday 1 March, in Pergine Valsugana in the Auditorium of the Sant'Orsola Agricultural Cooperative Society, some of Italy's leading tax and financial experts will meet to analyse and illustrate the opportunities in the legal, tax and financial fields reserved for
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The operation now being finalised in favour of South Africa was confirmed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) itself recently and will be for a significant amount, probably in the hundreds of millions of euros. In fact, the one that was already approved at the end of last year in favour of the

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Sourcing citrus fruits from Egypt and shipping them to Asia has been quite the challenge this year, says CEO Mariya Dermendzhieva of Bulgarian fresh produce trader Triland: "I would call this Egyptian citrus season 'the season of the long-term partnership and flexibility'. With bigger volumes of
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Poland is currently enforcing an embargo on Ukrainian grain imports and is considering expanding this embargo to encompass additional Ukrainian products, including vegetables, sugar, rapeseed, and oil. This potential expansion was disclosed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk following
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It is midi-plum season for greenhouse intensive crops in south-east Sicily. As confirmed by Giuseppe Busacca from Harmoniz Italia, producers are very excited as the segment is receiving good feedback along the entire tomato chain thanks to the favorable consumption levels. read more

The transition to Western European products in the greenhouse vegetable market is currently in full swing, but for the time being, the market is dominated by vegetables from the south. Benny Cuypers from BelOrta reports: "We have to keep up with the prices from Spain and Morocco, where,
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In a significant advancement for Kenya's agriculture, a Ksh 302 million (€1.9 mln) investment has been announced, aimed at enhancing the avocado value chain. This investment, a collaborative effort involving the British High Commission and the Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED)
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According to a comparison carried out by Hortoinfo using FAOSTAT data, the total value generated by the cucumbers produced in Spain significantly surpasses that of other countries. Compared to the Netherlands, the value is 83.96% higher. It is also 1.3% greater than that of Turkey, and an
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Supermarket chains in Spain investigated over whether they are applying sales tax reduction on basic foods correctly read more