The cherimoya is a tropical fruit with a soft, sweet pulp inside a hard, green or brown shell. It is native to South America and is cultivated in many tropical and subtropical countries, including Central and South America, Africa and Asia.
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In 2022, the volume of imports of marketable potatoes to Uzbekistan decreased for the first time in the past few years. Although the drop in imports was rather symbolic, we can state the lack of growth and the fact that last year’s record was not updated, EastFruit analysts inform. read more

Special News Fruit Licensing SL (SNFL Group) and Syngenta Group China have joined forces to continue to grow their businesses in China. Syngenta through their Modern Agriculture Platform (MAP) and their local farmers’ network will be developing a test block with some of the most important SNFL
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili criticized the often unjustifiably high food prices in the Georgian retail market and instructed the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development to urgently draft a bill aimed at reducing them. EastFruit specialists know that the bill, which is
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Since the beginning of the import of fruits and vegetables from China through the international checkpoint "Kani-Kurgan" (RF) - "Heihe" (PRC), 40 shipments of vegetables, fruits, and greens with a total weight of over 700 tons have arrived in the Amur Region. This became possible due to the fact
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From 23 February until 24 March, New Zealand’s kiwifruit growers are invited to participate in a postal and online referendum for a compulsory levy on kiwifruit exports except Australia. read more

It’s been a challenging week for Te Matau-a-Māui, Aotearoa (Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand), and Rockit's thoughts continue to be with their Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne growers, people, partners and community who have all been impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle. read more

In Germany, too, the supply of lettuce is currently scarce. The currently milder weather conditions in Spain cannot make up for the missing quantities of the past weeks. In the second half of the past week of week 7, the wholesale market sales prices increased.
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Iran has introduced new restrictions on foreign currency sales after a rush on euros and dollars weakened the rial to a record low of 500,000 against the dollar. read more

The Philippines’s banana export volume last year dropped to a six-year low of 2.273 million metric tons as producers faced high input costs to the spread of Fusarium wilt. read more

Analysts note that wholesale prices for potatoes in Georgia are remaining stable. The price levels are record-breaking. The latest weekly survey revealed that the local suppliers hoped for even higher prices given the poor harvest and increased demand in Georgia. read more

To better position fruit from Europe as more sustainable than imports from Asia or South America is the aim of the three campaigns GET A FRUIT, REFRESH YOUR LIFE and GREEN LIFE, which are funded by the European Union. Depending on the season, different types of fruit and
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HLB has yet to become a major problem for Georgia’s citrus producers. Jonathan Oliver, University of Georgia assistant professor and small fruits pathologist, attributes the disease’s lack of presence in Georgia’s commercial groves to multiple factors. read more

Several signs have been spotted on empty shelves, where bananas normally are, by shoppers at supermarkets all over New Zealand. read more

Former salad and dressing processing plants from Homann Feinkost GmbH offered on the online auctions of Industrial Auctions! Think of machines for the entire production process from mixing installations, dicer lines, and sauce processing installations to packaging machines such as cup filling,
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The supply of greenhouse tomatoes on the Ukrainian market has decreased again this week, EastFruit project analysts inform. Most Ukrainian representatives of greenhouse complexes reported their plans to start mass sales of a new turnover of tomatoes at the end of March. At the same time, tomato
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James Howe, a banana farmer, is astonished by the lengths and turns his fruit takes to get to customers. The bananas are placed in 15-kilogram cartons, piled, and refrigerated the previous night before being transported along the east coast to Derby in Western Australia by trucks. read more

New Zealand kiwifruit growers are voting on whether to continue a compulsory levy on their exports, except fruit sent to Australia. read more

At the moment, citrus fruits, such as those from Turkey and Israel, dominate the product range of the Berlin-based wholesale company Gemüse-Express. "Israeli Orri clementines are clearly the focus, but Turkish W.Murcott are an interesting and inexpensive alternative. One notices even that
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On February 17, 2023, the British Embassy in Uzbekistan and the mission of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a partnership agreement to work together on projects aimed at supporting small businesses in Uzbekistan in the agricultural and textile industries. The
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