The New Zealand avocado industry is exploring ways to enhance fruit quality and crop resilience amidst fierce international competition after a challenging year for exporters. The sector is also emphasizing its sustainability efforts to global markets. read more

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

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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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 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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Andreas Karyos, head of the potato producer’s association, reported that over 40% of potato crops in the Famagusta district were damaged due to inclement weather. He stated that the rainfall in the Kokkinochoria area has led to the flooding of numerous potato plantations. read more

The Indian grape season is filled with challenges, says Laxman Savalkar, founder and partner of Indian fresh produce exporter Magnus Farm Fresh: “In the ever-evolving landscape of the grape export industry, this year brings forth a unique set of challenges for growers and exporters alike.
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Danish shipping company Maersk has inaugurated a multi-country consolidation (MCC) center in Shanghai, enhancing the city's global shipping hub reputation. The center, located in the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, began operations recently. The initial import containers hailed
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Members of the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance (AFPA) have unanimously elected Gavin Scurr, managing director of Piñata Farms as AFPA chair for the 2024 term. With over 30 years of experience in the fresh produce industry, Scurr will take over the role from Montague’s Scott Montague. read more

The latest R&D breakthroughs will headline the Citrus Australia’s inaugural Australian Citrus Congress on 5-7 March 2024.  read more

The high demand for goods following the exit from covid-19, the adjustment difficulties of global supply chains and the continuation of disparate measures across countries to combat post-financing surges, led to a sudden and sharp price spike, without
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At the event on 'Corroborating substances: potential and use of rock dust', organised yesterday by the Emilia-Romagna Region, the technical elements related to the use of these substances were discussed in depth. read more

China's Pagoda Industrial Group has launched the sale of its first batch of persimmons from Spain, following an easing of import regulations. The Spanish fresh produce supplier, The Natural Hand, has shipped the fruit to China, following the update of the Chinese customs list in the first half
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According to EastFruit, a lot of onions from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and possibly other Central Asian countries have appeared on the Polish wholesale markets in recent weeks. In most cases, traders name Uzbekistan as the country of origin of onions. However, some market participants
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Lebanon has been operating under the heavy weight of multiple economic and political crises, and was recently impacted by the rising tensions in the region, facing threats of expansion and the fear of being dragged further into war. Yet the picture is not always gloomy. As the production of a
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Ginés García Benzal (Torre Pacheco, Murcia, 1961) speaks Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, some Russian and of course English. Two years ago he returned from the East, from Eastern Europe, and now he can really say he lives in Murcia because he has been staying in the city for more than two days in a row. He

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Members of the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance (AFPA) have today unanimously elected Mr Gavin Scurr, Managing Director of Piñata Farms as AFPA Chair for the 2024 term. With over 30 years of experience in the fresh produce industry, Mr Scurr will take over the role from Montague’s Scott
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