Banana availability in South Africa has tightened as a result of the flooding in the southern parts of Mozambique last month.
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"The business around Italian imported apples has developed quite strongly in just a few years"
2023-03-17 00:00
With the arrival of the first Mauritanian watermelons and Spanish strawberries, the spring campaign is ready to get underway at Herner Gastro Service Ltd. "Due to the rainy weather, demand for early watermelons is currently still restrained. We therefore hope that the weather will now become a
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Sizeable challenges for Egypt
2023-03-16 16:00
Despite the Peruvian grape season nearing its end, sales are still going well at Dijk Foods in Belgium. "We're currently working exclusively with those grapes. There's enough supply coming from South Africa, but we've stopped with that," says Henk Vlaeminck. "Grapes are quite expensive,
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“Spanish can ask for whatever investigation they wish”
2023-03-16 00:00
Every country has its advantages for cultivating fresh produce and it is no different for citrus, says Pyramids Agricultural Investment Co.’s business development manager Abdulla Tharwat: “The citrus crop is one of the most important crops in Egypt in terms of the amount of production and
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More than 250 million strawberry plants sold this campaign in Spain, Morocco, Greece and Italy
2023-03-16 00:00
With more than 250 million plants marketed in this financial year 2022/2023, (15% more than the previous period), El Pinar has served in Spain, Morocco, Greece and Italy, more than 8 million plants every day, from five centers, a challenge for the company.
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With the exception of Chile and South Africa, global citrus producers projected to produce less in the 2022/23 season
2023-03-16 00:00
Charif Christian Carvajal, the former president of Shaffe (Association of Fresh Fruit Exporters of the Southern Hemisphere), and current marketing director of Asoex for the markets of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, analyzed the evolution of the citrus industry in the southern hemisphere
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"While volumes are short most fruit will go to European markets where they traditionally pay more than the UK"
2023-03-16 00:00
There has been a lot of cold weather in Spain, Morocco and Portugal which has affected the supply of fruit and vegetables but the weather is starting to get back to normal now.
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"The exotic produce market has normalized"
2023-03-16 00:00
After the peaks registered over the last period for various exotic fruits, the market seems to have now stabilized. Consumption is lower and people are showing an increased awareness when it comes to purchases.
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Eastern buyers prefer the taste of South African Grannies
2023-03-16 00:00
Richaardt Lingenfelder is a third generation farmer next to the Theewaterskloof, South Africa’s fourth largest dam (built on land that previously belonged to their family).
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Watermelon volumes in Morocco will increase this season
2023-03-16 00:00
Despite the Moroccan government's limitation of the areas where watermelons can be grown, which excluded for example the Zagoura region, a large watermelon region that is experiencing acute hydric stress, this season's watermelon volumes are expected to exceed the levels reached in 2022,
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"This season looks good, breaking with the turmoil of last year"
2023-03-16 00:00
Senegalese producers of Kent mango in the Fattick region are expecting a good season, breaking with the turmoil of last year, assures Aminata Dominique Diouf, of the producer Domaine Agricole de Nema.
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Sales of early table potatoes from imports tend to decrease in Germany during the first half of each year. In the first quarter, origins such as Israel or Egypt have virtually no market significance any more. From April onwards, they are used in the asparagus potato niche,
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The German-Kenyan company LIMBUA works with more than 7,000 certified organic smallholders in Kenya and in 2022 alone produced some 900 tons of cracked macadamia nuts, which are marketed throughout Europe, the USA and Dubai. We spoke with Marketing Manager Doortje Maillard about the harvesting
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Morocco has overtaken the US in blueberry exports to become the world’s fourth largest exporter
2023-03-16 00:00
In 2022, Morocco became fourth among the largest exporters of fresh blueberries in the world, leaving behind even the United States, where, in fact, blueberries were first cultivated, EastFruit reports.
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Behind the success of the agricultural season in Egypt, the ghost of losses that haunted farmers
2023-03-15 00:00
Faced with the shortage of certain agricultural products, and problems of various kinds in the majority of countries of origin, European buyers have fallen back on Egyptian products, says Mohamed Shahen of the Egyptian producer Agro Pro.
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“"The massive shipments of Egyptian oranges to EU markets clearly cause an overlap with the varieties of the EU producing countries"
2023-03-15 00:00
La UNIÓ Llauradora has asked the European Commission to initiate an investigation “for possible commercial dumping of citrus fruits from Egypt on the Community market” based on Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 8, 2016, on protection against
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"Rwanda is the next big player in exotic fruit and vegetables"
2023-03-15 00:00
In the context of shifting international origins and markets for fresh produce, new players are emerging as alternative supply sources, such as Rwandan producers who significantly increased their export volumes in recent months.
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Morocco has overtaken the US in blueberry exports to become the world’s fourth largest exporter!
2023-03-15 00:00
In 2022, Morocco became fourth among the largest exporters of fresh blueberries in the world, leaving behind even the United States, where, in fact, blueberries were cultivated, EastFruit reports.
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Moroccan dragon fruits seek a place in the international market
2023-03-15 00:00
The Moroccan producer Sweet Pitaya has been among the pioneers of growing novel exotic fruits in Morocco, including its flagship product, the dragon fruits that he introduced in 2010, according to its founder Omar Lahlou.
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