Traders and farmers have significantly increased the supply of newly harvested onions in response to high market prices, anticipating continued profitability. This influx of new onions has doubled the supply in both wholesale and retail markets within a single day. The rapid increase in supply
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Turkish Santa Maria, Italian Abate Fetel and Santa Maria as well as Dutch Conference and Xenia formed the basis of the range. The imports from Turkey had already matured too far in some places, which is why sales were slow from time to time. Although availability was limited overall, this was
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Ukraine is witnessing a surge in imports of fruits and vegetables from Turkey due to the Polish border blockade. read more

Amid India's recent ban on onion export, the government of Bangladesh has permitted local traders to import the commodity from ten other countries. The sharp price hike following the ban has now been curbed due to a sufficient supply of the local early season breed in the domestic market. read more

Although last year apple exports from Turkey to India were booming, currently trade has slowed down significantly. Alper Kerim, owner of Turkish fruit exporter Demir Fresh Fruits, states this has to do with the Indian market being flooded: “The demand is too low to export apples to India at
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The Ministry for Primary Industries’ Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries shows a strong future for New Zealand horticulture with forecast export revenue rising to $8.19 billion by 2025. read more

After a delay, the ginger season in India is about to get started. Kaushal Khakhar, CEO of Indian fresh produce exporter Kay Bee Exports, states that the ginger prices in India are mostly tied to the domestic consumption: “While India is the world’s largest producer, but also consumer of
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On November 29, the General Administration of Customs of China announced that the Asian country had approved the entry of fresh lemons from Uruguay. With this announcement, China lifted the restriction there has been on these imports since 2017 when it allowed access to the Chinese market for
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India: Vegrow raises $46mln in Series C funding round led by GIC read more

The Anecoop member co-operative responsible for product preparation is Coalmar, based in Llombai (Valencia). As stipulated in the bilateral protocol between China and Spain, the fruit is shipped under cold conditions of zero degrees in order to
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Kyrgyz Prime Minister and President's Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, attended the opening ceremony of a frozen fruit and vegetable processing plant at the logistics centre of "Kyrgyzproducer" in the Moskovsky district during his visit to the Chui region. read more

Inspectors from the Rosselkhoznadzor department in the Amur region and the Republic of Sakha have monitored over 35,000 tons of various fruits and vegetables through the international automobile checkpoint Kanikurgan since the beginning of the year. All shipments originated from China. read more

Alibaba's Freshippo shows how it harnesses tech to combat climate change at COP28 read more

The Azerbaijani markets witnessed a sharp increase in prices of mandarins and persimmons due to the export of these fruits to Russia. Buyers express discontent over high prices and a sudden shortage. In early December, persimmons were priced from 0.82 to 1.4 euros per kilogram, while mandarins
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Potato and wheat producers from Cyprus are moving towards Nicosia, with the presidential palace as their destination. Yesterday, they decided to rally with tractors and double-cab vehicles at the offices of the Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organization protesting the delay in payments. read more

Today, Israel's leading Agricultural NGO, Volcani International Partners and Western Negev Farmers ("Mishkey HaNegev") launched ReGrow Israel – an Emergency Fund to restore and rebuild farming communities hardest hit by the October 7th terrorist attacks. The initiative seeks to raise $50
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Many New Zealanders may be able to include more fruit and vegetables on their festive menus thanks to a significant drop in the cost of produce. read more

As EastFruit reported a few days ago, despite global apple deficit, exports of these fruits from Moldova remained critically low even before Russia introduced its complete ban on Moldovan produce imports . Consequently, apple prices in this country remain rather low although there has been a
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As the first sea-freight containers of cherries from Chile have started to arrive in China this week, the higher prices in that market are the reference prices for European and other buyers. “I have some European customers in Spain who are trying to buy cherries. The problem is mainly the
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Expected to close towards the end of November, the Egyptian mango season has been extended due to improved weather conditions and better control of fruit shelf life, according to Walid Sallam, quality and operations manager at MK Enterprise and researcher at Huazhong Agricultural University in
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