South Africa’s Citrus Growers Association (CGA) has said that the funding released to black growers under the Economic Transformation of Black Citrus Growers Programme is reaping dividends. read more

Global orange production for 2022/23 is projected to drop by 5% year-on-year to 47.8 million tons as smaller crops in the European Union, Turkey, and the United States are only partially offset by a larger crop in Egypt. According to the latest USDA report, the lower production is expected to
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Morocco has been actively increasing its vegetable exports to Poland in the past five years, as reported by EastFruit. The revenues from the exports have grown almost 100 times and reached $2.7 mln in 2022! read more

AP Moller-Maersk has said that it recorded a “robust” set of results in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, despite what it described as “difficult market conditions”. read more

There are now perhaps signs of desperation in the actions of South Africa’s citrus industry when it comes to trade with the European Union. read more

The unpredictability of the climate is of increasing concern for growers across Africa, but pineapple and mango producers in West Africa have experienced no such issues this year, according to Samuel Owusu Amankwaa, sales and marketing manager at Ghanaian producer YO Amankwah & Sons. read more

The smallest orange crop in the last twenty years was especially significant in Spain as of December 2022. Simultaneously, there has been a large increase in imports from Egypt, part of which have been destined for re-export. In view of the trend, it is worth asking whether Spain is losing its
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The Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has requested President Ramaphosa to urgently intervene, and halt unfair trade regulations enforced by the European Union (EU) on the local citrus industry, in particular their discriminatory trade regulations on Citrus Black Spot (CBS),
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Kiwifruit originated in Chinese forests, and China is still the world’s biggest producer. While plenty of information is available on growing kiwis, there is relatively little that takes into account the specific climate and conditions in South Africa. read more

William H. Kopke Jr., Inc., a vertically integrated fruit and produce company, announces the arrival of its summer citrus from South Africa, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina. This premium citrus fruit including mandarins, navel oranges, minneolas, cara caras, grapefruits and lemons,
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Last week, in a sunny break to a wet Cape winter, the Southern African fresh produce industry enjoyed a rare moment to meet colleagues from across the region, although producers were fewer in number than previous years and, as noted by an audience member, most shipping lines not in attendance. read more

Kenya Plant Inspectorate Health Services managing director, Theophilus Mutui, said the country has gotten an additional approval to export temperature treated mango fruits to the European Union. He said the notification for the approval to use vapour heat treatment for fresh mango fruit from
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This year, the proudly South African ClemenGold premium mandarin brand celebrates its 20th anniversary. From humble beginnings in Letsitele, Limpopo where the first trees were planted, to sitting proudly on the shelves of Woolworths, citrus lovers in over 45 countries can now purchase the fruit
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Egypt continues to build up its position in the orange market in Brazil despite the Brazilian orange production being almost five times as high as the Egyptian one, as reported by EastFruit. Egyptian oranges arrived in the Brazilian market just in 2020, but then the volumes climbed drastically. read more

In Tanzania, demand for avocados from Burundi is on the rise despite their high prices. Consumers simply prefer them to local-produced ones due to their size, taste and softness. A survey at Buguruni and Mabibo, the largest avocados wholesale and retail selling points, showed that the price for
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Egypt, the key exporter of grapes in North Africa, has seriously intensified its diversification strategy in the past few years. Besides traditional markets in the EU, russia, and the Middle East, Egyptian exporters of table grapes have devoted greater attention to Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan
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South African Deciduous Fruit industry body Hortgro has said it is important to recognise that achieving positive outcomes from the European Green Deal (GD) will require collaboration, investment, and proactive measures by farmers, policymakers and stakeholders. read more

Peru is on course to export 577,000 tonnes of avocados this year, just 2.5 per cent more than in 2022. The latest forecast, released by industry association ProHass, indicate that shipments will fall well short of the initial estimate of 630,000 tonnes. read more

Italy is clearly the European leader in the production and marketing of table grapes, but competition with other Mediterranean countries will be increasingly tough in the coming years, given the exploits of Turkey and Egypt. The battleground will be with
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South Africa’s Citrus Growers Association (CGA) has said R78.9m has already been released to black growers under the Economic Transformation of Black Citrus Growers Programme. read more