The current New Zealand Hass avocado season is proving to be a challenging one for growers, with record low volumes of fruit exported. Down by more than a million trays compared to previous years, many orchards are still recovering from three consecutive seasons of adverse weather conditions. read more

"We have been offering pomegranates from Turkey since October and will continue to do so until about mid/late March. They are currently quite expensive. Each week, we receive five to six trucks, each carrying 17 to 18 tons. We also have Santa Maria pears, Devici pears and quinces available until
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The annual apple and pear crop estimate from New Zealand Apples and Pears forecasts the national crop to be up 12% on the 2022 crop total, a rebound from the 2023 crop total that suffered significant damage from Cyclone Gabrielle. read more

"Fiscal year 2023 went very well for us. We were able to increase our sales by approximately ten percent compared to the previous year," Mehmet Akpolat, Managing Director of GSM Import-Export at Fruchthof Berlin, tells us. "Some say that it may be due to the high price level that higher sales
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Saad Moussa, supervisor of Egypt’s Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ), clarified that Saudi Arabia's recent ban on strawberry imports is not exclusive to Egypt. The decision, outlined in an official letter to Egypt, encompasses a temporary suspension of strawberry imports from
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During a session of the working group dedicated to the development and modernization of pistachio processing terminals, Karim Zolfaghari, the head of the Center for Mechanization of Development and Agricultural Industry in Iran, expressed Iran's ambition to enhance the export of high-quality
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The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has approved quotas for duty-free tomato imports into Russia, capped at 100,000 tons, a reduction from Russia's initial request for 130,000 tons. read more

EastFruit analysts report a collapse in wholesale onion prices in Tajikistan to the equivalent of 9 US cents per kg. Thus, since the end of onion harvesting, prices for onions have decreased by around 40% due to ample supply and unusually high stocks. read more

New Zealand's East Coast is anticipating a prosperous apple harvest, promising a return of new-season apples to supermarket shelves. Karen Morrish, the CEO of New Zealand Apple and Pear, reported that despite last year's harvest being impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, this season's growing
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Maersk, a Danish shipping giant, is intensifying its operations in the Indian subcontinent and Middle East to address challenges in the Red Sea and Suez Canal areas. The company plans to launch a weekly service from Chennai and introduce a new Arabian Sea service. read more

The new Eden Gold pear variety is making inroads across Europe and the rest of the world with new partners and licencing into new territories. “Fruits harvested during mid-August in the South of France will be offered for tasting in Berlin at the Ben Dor Stand together with our partner
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The more than 77 thousand hectares planted and the diversity of its production, from regions with a tropical to temperate climate, from no cold to areas with high cold hours, make it the largest blueberry producing country in the world and the one with the greatest projection. read more

The collaboration between Kanzi and Aartsen, initially established in the Netherlands and Belgium, is now expanding to the Far East. In this new phase of the partnership, Aartsen will exclusively handle distribution in the markets of China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. read more

Italian pears are running out of volume while Dutch pears are riding the wave, for apples it is the club varieties that dominate the market while for kiwis the Romagna, Greek and New Zealand products coexist. This is the summary of the commercial picture for pome fruits
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Since the beginning of this week, several large agricultural enterprises in Moldova, which still have onions of export quality, have raised wholesale prices from 6-6.5 MDL/kg to an average of 7 MDL/kg ($0.40/kg), EastFruit reports. In parallel with the price increase for export quality onions,
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Following a recent business trip to China, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Tran Thanh Nam, announced positive developments for Vietnamese avocado and passion fruit growers, as well as animal breeders. During the trip, both sides reached agreement on several agricultural and
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SV Agri recently held its Annual Variety and Seed Farm Show from January 8th to 10th, unveiling 14 new potato varieties. The company also announced plans to introduce eight additional promising varieties in the near future. During the event, SV Agri's Founder and Managing Director, Hemant Gaur,
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The disruption to shipping from Europe to Asia is a real problem for Polish apple growers. Aniruddh Ramesh, director of Polish apple exporter LVMG Grupa, explains: “There has been a lot of disruption to trade outside the EU, especially to markets in the Middle East, India and the Far East, due
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Cambodia's banana industry is grappling with the persistent threat of Fusarium fungus, despite efforts to mitigate its spread. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries reveals a 21% decline in banana exports in 2023, amounting to around 290,000 tons. The El Niño phenomenon has been
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Chinese authorities have reportedly urged Iran to control the Red Sea attacks by Iran-supported Houthis, warning of potential damage to business ties with Beijing, according to four Iranian sources and a diplomat. The discussions on the attacks and China-Iran trade occurred in recent meetings in
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