Europe
Onions are not that expensive in Georgia anymore
2023-02-28 00:00
The wholesale price of onions in Georgia started to decrease, although the price decrease was preceded by a peak. At the end of January, the wholesale price of onions on the Georgian market increased from 1.6 GEL/kg ($0.6) to 2.3 GEL/kg ($0.87) in one week, which pushed imports. As a
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Climate change is endangering the Bulgarian pink tomato
2023-02-28 00:00
The pink tomato, grown in Bulgaria, is losing a battle with the mining moth. The Tuta absoluta caterpillar, which can destroy 100% of the pink tomato crop, first appeared in Bulgaria a few years ago. Desislava Dimitrova, a professor at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the
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Brexit has boosted trade at French and Irish ports
2023-02-28 00:00
Rain or shine, Colm Lambert likes to sit on a bench overlooking Rosslare port on the south-eastern tip of Ireland and watch the new freight ships and passenger ferries sailing in from the Irish Sea.
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"It is more important than ever to bundle the flow of goods to increase efficiency"
2023-02-28 00:00
Due to increased freight rates and driver shortages, the logistics sector is still under considerable pressure. This is also making itself felt at Fresh Logistics System Ltd (FLS for short), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Landgard Group with a total of six locations (Straelen-Herongen, Neu
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"Mango market well balanced again, despite large supply,"
2023-02-28 00:00
The Peruvian mango supply is just about peaking. Nevertheless, according to Marcel van Rooijen of Trofi in the Netherlands, the market has regained a nice balance. "The market was dramatic in December, but the situation, fortunately, turned around in late January. Prices are back to a regular
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UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has hailed his deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland as a ‘decisive breakthrough’, and many Conservative MPs, including those who supported Brexit, gave their backing to the agreement. Also, the Democratic Unionist Party, whose support
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Vegetable yields down 12% in 2022 compared record year 2021
2023-02-28 00:00
Roughly 6,100 agricultural holdings in Germany harvested a total of 3.8 million tonnes of vegetables in 2022. Yields were down 12% compared to 2021 and were 2% lower than the average of 2016 to 2021.
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Price development: First win the lottery, then eat cucumbers?
2023-02-28 00:00
Inflation is on everyone's lips and, as a result, cucumber consumption currently has a bitter taste for some consumers. Consumers are venting their frustration on social media in particular, as unit prices have shot up significantly: Keyword increased
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Organic cultivation drops for the first time since 2012
2023-02-28 00:00
In 2022, around 6,100 farms in Germany harvested a total of 3.8 million tons of vegetables. This was 12% less than in 2021 and 2% less than the average for the years 2016 to 2021. In addition to a lower cultivation area, the reasons for this included the heat and drought in the summer of 2022.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 27 February
2023-02-28 00:00
Prices are rising for Tarocco oranges as they head towards the end of the campaign. The Candonga strawberry from Basilicata entered with good quantities and high quality, joining the Sicilian and Campania production. Still production problems for artichokes; no growth in volumes of
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Spain increases pineapple orders from Panama
2023-02-28 00:00
Capitan Piña, a pineapple grower from Panama has seen increased orders from Spain. The owner, Ing. Eliezer Dominguez says: “Our expectations for this 2023 is to grow as a company in production, because we have an open market that is expanding and looking pretty good. Actually, we are focused
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Eastern Europe: Overview of the regional onion market
2023-02-28 00:00
Participants of the fruit and vegetable market accepted the fact that wholesale prices for onions in Ukraine reached $1/kg, as EastFruit analysts forecasted back in mid-January. This happened in the last week of February 2023, and the price rose to $1.04/kg.
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The price of cabbage in Ukraine has doubled in a week!
2023-02-28 00:00
A rapid price rise has started in the Ukrainian market of white cabbage this week after more than 2 months of stagnation, analysts of the EastFruit project report. According to market participants, the rapid rise in prices contributes to the high demand for white cabbage, while its stocks in
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Carrefour, Aldi and Tesco will participate in the GLOBALG.A.P. Tour Stop in Spain 2023
2023-02-28 00:00
The GLOBALG.A.P platform currently brings together more than 50 European and British supermarket chains. GLOBALG.A.P works with fruit and vegetable suppliers to ensure the food safety and quality of fruit and vegetable products at their points of sale.
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"Demand and prices for colored pineapple remain stable, while those for green pineapple have fallen, despite scarcity"
2023-02-28 00:00
The vast majority of pineapples currently consumed in Spain come from Costa Rica. Although the demand is not high at this time of the year, that for colored pineapples has remained stable so far this year, while consumption of green pineapples continues to fall.
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Spain: Unsatisfactory O+G export balance 2022
2023-02-28 00:00
According to official data, Spanish exports of fresh fruit and vegetables reached a volume of 12 million tonnes in 2022 (-10.4%), worth 15.93 billion euros (+1.6%).
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"Despite having planted 20% more tomatoes, we have only produced 3% more so far due to the weather"
2023-02-28 00:00
Average temperatures have been rising in southeastern Spain, where most of the vegetables in Europe are produced and where the cold and lack of light have caused the production to drop drastically since the last week of January, causing shortages in the markets.
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Russian growers ask to limit potato imports
2023-02-28 00:00
The Potato Union at a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture proposed to limit the import of potatoes to Russia. Russian potato growers are faced with a marketing problem; warehouses have accumulated record stocks of products for this time. The main reason for this seems to be the successful
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Online supermarket Oda is new QS system partner
2023-02-28 00:00
Since the beginning of the year, Oda, Norway's leading online supermarket, has also been active on the German market and is a new QS scheme partner.
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Ocado Group plunged to a worse than expected full-year loss
2023-02-28 00:00
UK: John Lewis boss Pippa Wicks leaves after less than three years in job
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