The list of nominees for this year's prestigious FRUIT LOGISTICA (FLIA) Innovation Award is announced at the world's leading trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector. FLIA 2024 TECHNOLOGY NOMINEES read more

Another cold snap is boosting sales and consumption as demand remains strong. The availability of pre-pack quality is tightening and there appears to be plenty of enquiries about remaining stock. The viability of any crop which was unharvested is now in doubt after the latest cold snap. This
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Over the week, the Primorsky Krai in Russia received 6,000 tons of fresh vegetables and fruits from various countries, as reported by the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor. read more

According to EastFruit, Morocco’s exports of frozen fruits and vegetables plummeted in 2023 due to severe weather events and tough competition in export markets. The country exported less than 70 thousand tons of frozen fruits, berries, and vegetables from January to October of last year.
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The crisis unleashed by French farmers and its extension in recent days to Belgium and even Portugal is entering its most critical phase, with the European summit being held today in Brussels amid riots. The situation generated after a week of blockades and two weeks of protests in
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At the age of 92, Francesco Canella, founder of the Alì supermarkets and Chairman of Alì S.p.A., passed away at the hospital in Padua. Beside him were his wife Rossella and two sons, Marco and Gianni. read more

The Citrus Management Committee (CGC) has called on national and European authorities to urgently establish a secure corridor to ensure the transit of perishable Spanish products through France. "We have already had several consecutive days of blockades, riots and protests by French agricultural
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Australian scientists will be collaborating with their global counterparts to make it quicker and easier to develop new banana, custard apple, papaya, passionfruit and pineapple varieties for Australian growers and consumers. read more

Egyptian exporters have not only set a new record for garlic exports to Taiwan in 2023, but also may have had an indirect participation in the presidential and parliamentary elections of this island nation, reports EastFruit. They were accompanied by garlic suppliers from Argentina, who joined
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Due to the threat in the Red Sea, a significant logistics bottleneck is looming over the export season of grapes, despite expectations of a bumper season following two lean years. Vilas Shinde, CMD of the Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company, suggested that the increased logistics costs incurred by
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"Currently, we are supplying frozen berries, plum puree in barrels from Serbia, and fruit distillates from Bosnia to the EU. The prices for the frozen fruits have fallen dramatically, especially for raspberries. In the last two years, raspberry prices were so high that they were partly sorted
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Francesco Canella has passed away, and a great entrepreneur who built his success on gastronomy, fruit and vegetables and meat. I used to call him 'the wizard of fresh food', but his passion combined with that of his brothers Settimo and Pietro for what is 'alive' in grocery shops did not
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Since January 25, all Egyptair cargo flights carrying strawberries, raspberries, beans, peas, broccoli, and spring onions for the Tulpin Group have been landing at Brussels airport. The Ostend airport, where that Belgian company and its transport company Ostendfresh usually operate, is
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Over the past six years, Fairtrade banana volumes have increased by 466 percent in Canada and 15 percent in the United States. “Today, we estimate that one in three organic bananas in Canada are Fairtrade, while the total Fairtrade market share of conventional and organic combined is estimated
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A global market, yet one strongly oriented towards CIS nations. Omar Papi, CEO of Futura srl, which deals with fruit and vegetable graders, illustrates his company's strategies for the Italian and foreign markets, inviting guests over to the stand at Fruit Logistica. read more

The Commission has today proposed to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products. This is done in line with EU commitments to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. read more

The significance of mandarins has evidently grown: In addition to Spanish Clemenvilla, Clemenova, and Tango, Nadorcott has also been received. Offers from Spain were not always convincing in terms of quality, resulting in occasional price reductions. Israeli Orri, on the other hand, had no
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The zero-emission orchard of Made in Nature, the project promoted by Cso Italy and financed by the European Union for the promotion of fresh and processed organic fruit and vegetables in Italy, France, Germany and Denmark, is expanding. In the second year another 90 trees were planted to
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At the end of January 2024 in Chisinau the retail price for the highest quality “Moldova” grapes with large dense berries and green branches is close to 45-55 MDL/kg (US $2.53-3.10/kg), which is almost three times as high as wholesale price for this product, according to EastFruit. Stores
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The European Union has recently heightened official controls on several farm products imported from Vietnam, signaling the necessity for producers and exporters to adhere to import market regulations and boost competitiveness for sustainable exports. From early February, Vietnamese durians,
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