Spain imported a volume of 3.8 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables worth 3.763 billion euros in 2022. This is a growth of 7% and 15% respectively compared to the previous year. These figures reinforce the upward trend of recent years and continue to show a more positive development than the
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Thanos Motsiopoulos has been back and forth between the Netherlands and Greece his whole life. Although born and raised in the Netherlands, he lived in Greece from 2008 to 2019. There, Thanos worked in retail export to Eastern and Central European, among other things. After yet another Greek
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The extreme climatic development in the southern hemisphere is causing great difficulties for strawberry producers in Spain, Italy, and Greece. The frost in mid-January interrupted the sensitive fruits in their ripening period. However, the quantities are expected to be available in good quality
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A new salad brand from vertical farming specialists GrowUp Farms has been launched into Iceland. read more

According to a report from the Spanish news service Hortoinfo, in 2022, Morocco overtook Spain as a tomato supplier in the EU after surpassing the volume of Spanish tomatoes sold in the Community market for the first time ever. read more

The ongoing rate slide on Indian container trades is showing no sign of a reversal, according to the latest market analysis by Container News. read more

Vietnam and Poland both grow a lot of agricultural products, but experts claim this makes them complementary to each other. Nguyễn Hữu Nam, deputy director of the VCCI in HCM City, said: “Poland has high demand for Vietnamese products such as rice, basa fish, shrimp, mango, pineapple,
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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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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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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. read more

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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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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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. read more

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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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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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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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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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. read more

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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