The Israeli fresh herbs and edible flowers exporter Bless S.R. are caught between a rock and a hard place. As some harsh winter weather led to shortages from Italy and Spain sees European buyers turn to them in Israel, they are not able to meet the supply due to more expensive production in this
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For apples, WAPA expects volumes to increase by 5.58 % to a total of 5,130,168 t (2022: 4,859,026 t). Argentina, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa expect a larger harvest, only Australia is expected to see a minus of 8 % to 290,000 t. The Argentine
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The International Fresh Produce Association and Produce Plus Magazine are pleased to announce entries are now open for the 2023 Marketer of the Year Award (MOYA), proudly sponsored by Seeka. read more

Asia Fruit Logistica is back in Hong Kong this year, taking place on 6-8 September 2023 at AsiaWorld-Expo. read more

Recent data from the Japanese Ministry of Finance shows that Japan’s fruit imports dropped by over 8% Y-o-Y in 2022 to 1.63 million tons, which is even lower than the 1.66 million tons imported in 2018. read more

Dalian Yidu Group has paid a visit to Kenyan avocado exporter Kakuzi as both parties look to accelerate trade. read more

Leah Weckert has been appointed managing director and chief executive of Australian retail giant Coles Group. read more

Quotations for tarocco oranges remain stable. Artichoke availability is still below average, with the Romanesco about to enter full production. Availability is also limited for courgettes, whose prices continue to rise. Radicchio production has begun
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Australia: Coles appoints new CEO as supermarket giant sees prices rise alongside big profits read more

Ocean Network Express (ONE), a Singapore-based container line, has announced plans to cooperate with Sony Network Communications Europe to create and implement a smart container solution across its entire worldwide fleet. read more

Each variety of tangerine is a separate world. And each one of them has carved a niche for himself in the world. In the 2022 campaign photo, a defenseless Satsuma is seen as it watches its main market, Russia, collapse; W. Due to the overwhelming presence of Murcott and Tango, which was
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The pooling market in Ukraine has gone through several stages of its development, but so far it has not achieved the necessary integration with the pooling markets of the EU countries and Turkey. read more

International crises shaped seaborne cargo handling in the Port of Hamburg in 2022. The Hamburg terminals handled 119.9 million tonnes of seaborne goods. This corresponds to a decline of 6.8 % compared to the previous year, according to Hafen Hamburg Marketing. read more

The trade pavilion of Uzbekistan was opened in the SCO Pearl International Expo Center in the Chinese city of Qingdao. Uzbek export products are presented in the trade pavilion – dried fruits, saffron, fruit juices, natural honey, confectionery, mineral water, handicrafts, and other
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Prices for herbs from Georgia increased last week. Local farmers spoke about several reasons in local and foreign markets affecting the prices. read more

Georgian natural juice producer Khilari LLC, about 40% of the production of which is exported, is negotiating the start of exports to Germany. Soon, the company intends to expand its presence in the domestic market. At the same time, several problems that Khilari has faced hinder its more active
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Australian grower Costa Group, is to sell some avocado farms and focus instead on berries, citrus fruits and exports to China as it attempts to recover from La Niña rain bombs that hammered farmers and destroyed crops last year. read more

Australia’s Shepard avocado season has started and to showcase this special fruit Avocados Australia, Hort Innovation, Trade Investment Queensland and the Australian Trade and Investment Commission are read more

The first commercial shipment of 550 kg of GI-tagged Puranadar figs from India was successfully sold to Hong Kong by a farmer producer firm in the Purandar taluka of Maharashtra's Pune district. read more

Fruit farmers are turning to robots to help with harvest amid a human worker shortage. One Tasmanian soft fruit farm is using 16 robotic harvesters to help pick its fruit this summer. read more