Asia & Oceania

Italy is speeding up bilateral agreements with non-EU countries in the Far East on the subject of phytosanitary protocols, a subject that has often been a brake on exports and also ended up on the Ministry's table. After the necessary inspection visits, prepared by Cso Italy, we open
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Inferior quality oranges and mandarins and a kiwi shortage caused by crop issues in New Zealand. In these times when the climate significantly affects harvests, it can be difficult to get good product. It is a situation that suits Jaap van Dijk of the Dutch company Más Frutas to a tee. "I deal
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Chilean cherry exporters are preparing for the new season. "Currently, China is the main sourcing market for Chilean export companies. That demand increases annually. It's become difficult for the European market to compete with the Chinese market's purchasing prices. But, as harvesting
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New Zealand apple-planted area in the 2023/2024 market year is forecast to drop substantially from 11,000 ha to 9,200 ha. This development results from the impacts of cyclone Gabrielle, which caused large scale floodwaters, silt, debris, wind, and surface flooding in the primary apple growing
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The month-and-a-half-long activity that saw CSO Italy organise and prepare four inspection visits to enable the export of fruit and vegetable products to China (pears), South Korea (kiwis), Taiwan (apples) and Thailand (pears) was successfully concluded. read more

"Considering the multiple economic crises that have occurred over the past few years, some European retail chains and other operators are pushing on imports from extra-EU countries," reports Vittorio Gona from Alba Bio OP. "These dynamics are increasingly attracting countries such as Turkey,
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Japanese strawberry varieties are highly appreciated internationally for their delicious taste. However, they are quite soft, which poses problems in storage and transportation. They can also affected by diseases, which vary from region to region. read more

German apples can now be exported to India. This marks the positive outcome of a long and intensive market liberalisation process. For a long time, local apples were not allowed to be exported to India, but apples from other neighbouring European countries were. The Federal Association of Fruit
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The Indian government has initiated aggressive retail sale of onion from the buffer at subsidized price of Rs.25 per kg to protect the consumers from recent increase in onion prices due to delay in the arrival of kharif crop. This comes as another measure in addition to the slew of measures put
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India's Consul General T. Ajungla Jamir visited Cesena Fiera last Friday, welcomed by President Renzo Piraccini, who presented the next edition of Macfrutin scheduled from 8 to 10 May 2024 at the Rimini Expo Centre. read more

In 2023, a total of 81.77 million crates have been shipped up to September, in contrast to 2022, when exports reached 69.75 million crates, an increase of 17.22%. read more

Guillaume Gras has been appointed new Chief Financial Officer of the Dia Group and joins the company's Management Committee. Gras has developed different functions in his career of nearly 20 years in the retail sector within the Casino Group, including 10 years in France and in the United States.
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Egypt has already managed to double its export volumes of melons to the Saudi Arabian market in just the first eight months of this year, reports EastFruit. This increase in shipments includes both watermelons and melons, with the latter expected to continue rising until the end of the year. read more

Japanese strawberry varieties are highly appreciated internationally for their delicious taste. However, they are quite soft, which poses problems in storage and transportation. They can also affected by diseases, which vary from region to region. read more

This summer, Australian fresh produce business Montague is going to see a larger stone fruit crop compared to last season and the team is ready to pack the additional fruit in its state-of-the-art pack house facility in Narre Warren. read more

Currently, agricultural activities are in full swing across the country. In the first 10 months of 2023, Tajikistan experienced varying yields of crops. read more

Companies from the Region of Murcia from different sectors, such as food, fertilisers and furniture, are looking to close business deals in India. Specifically, five regional companies are participating this week in a direct trade mission to the most populated country in the world.
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Citrus Australia’s new Australian Citrus Congress will be held for the first time on 5-7 March 2024 on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.  read more

In November 2023, Sakata Seed Corporation will start an activity to commercialise F1 seed strawberry varieties suitable for greenhouse breeding in the near future. read more