The Egyptian exports of dates to South-East Asia will drop in the MY 2022/23, as reported by EastFruit. Nevertheless, their volumes will still be among the highest ones over the past few marketing years, and Egypt will remain the leading exporter of dates to the region. read more

The farmers in Georgia have completed the harvest of local strawberry varieties from the Kakheti region. Now the market is left with only the remontant varieties from open fields and greenhouses available. Following the end of the harvest of local strawberry varieties, the average wholesale
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The world's most expensive mango, known as 'Miyazaki' and priced at around Rs275,000 per kg (€3,000) is now being showcased in a three-day-long Mango Festival in India. Farmers in the state of West Bengal grow the expensive variety, named after a city in Japan. Although the variety was first
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Generally, this time around all of the watermelons in Georgia are imported. The local harvest is in full swing in July. Moving towards July, some early local varieties do start to show up on the market. However, June is still the month for importing. Actually, watermelon imports peak in June. read more

According to Fedor Rybalko, international consultant of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and EastFruit expert, relatively low peach and nectarine yields are expected in Uzbekistan in 2023, but farmers are expecting larger sizes of fruits. Accordingly, many fruit
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Żabka Group contributed PLN7bln to Polish economy last year read more

One of the objectives of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU, which begins on 1 July, will be to speed up trade agreements with Mercosur, Chile and Mexico, as stated at the last Foreign Affairs and Trade Council. Work will also be done to make progress on
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By, probably, an complete coincidence, immediately after the end of the presidential elections in Turkey, won by the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish currency suffered yet another collapse. According to EastFruit analysts, it will have a huge impact on the fruit and
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Day one of ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA, which takes place in Hong Kong from 6 to 8 September, is all about marketing and consumers. "We take a look at the changing market demographics in Asia, explore the future of food retailing in Asia and
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"We started processing Sicilian Victoria and Black Magic grapes on May 7th 2023, which have been performing well. Of course reference prices change as the season progresses: they initially reached €4/kg, while now exporters working with us can reach €2.50/kg from their warehouse, packaging
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Arugga AI Farming, a start-up developing robotic solutions for greenhouse farming, has signed a commercial collaboration agreement with ViewNetic. The partnership between the fellow Israel-based start-ups will bring ViewNetic’s advanced pest, beneficials, and disease detection solutions to the
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In the last decade, Morocco and Turkey have increased their tomato exports by 61.74% and 7.69%. Meanwhile, Spanish and Dutch tomato exports have fallen by 40.55% and by 17.29%, respectively. In the Americas, Mexico, the country that exports the most tomatoes worldwide, (though it almost
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As new season fruit begins arriving in-market, New Zealand apple brand, Rockit Global has championed the first memorandum of understanding (MOU) in its category, signing a 12-month deal with Lulu Hypermarkets across the Middle East. read more

Customs officers in Saudi Arabia’s city of Al Hadithah have seized a large consignment of Captagon pills, also known as ‘jihadi drugs’. Saudi zakat, tax and customs officials reported that more than 450,000 Captagon tablets were being brought into the country via vegetable trucks. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, after a bad year for sweet cherries in 2022, Uzbek farmers again note problems with the harvest of this most important stonefruit for the country. read more

In March this year the Australian and Indian governments issued a joint statement welcoming the finalisation of market access for Hass avocados. read more

The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Otar Shamugia, has visited local blueberry farmers in the village of Narazeni of Zugdidi. He inspected the blueberry harvesting process and commended the state program for blueberry gardening, stating: “In Samegrelo,
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By, probably, an complete coincidence, immediately after the end of the presidential elections in Turkey won by the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish currency suffered yet another collapse. According to EastFruit analysts, it will have a huge impact on the fruit and vegetable
read more

The farmers in Georgia have completed the harvest of local strawberry varieties from the Kakheti region. Now the market is left with only the remontant varieties from open fields and greenhouses available. Following the end of the harvest of local strawberry varieties, the average wholesale
read more

The Egyptian exports of dates to South-East Asia will drop in the MY 2022/23, as reported by EastFruit. Nevertheless, their volumes will still be among the highest ones over the past few marketing years, and Egypt will remain the leading exporter of dates to the region. read more