It seems Spanish citrus growers and exporters are facing an extraordinary season. "The general picture is that this year's going to be a genuinely tough season for primarily oranges, but also mandarins," begins Lisan van Koppen of Jaguar, the fresh company. She visited several Spanish customers
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The wholesale prices of apples in Moldova have hardly changed over the past week. The only exception is “Idared”, the average price of this variety’s fruits has slightly decreased – by 5-6%, while the price range remained the same – 5-6 lei/kg ($0.3-0.35/kg). At the same time,
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In accordance with relevant Chinese laws and the regulations of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy of the Republic of Serbia on the phytosanitary requirements for Serbian apples exported to China,
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Spain continues to consider it a priority to close the EU association agreement with Mercosur before the end of the six-month presidency, as stated at the last meeting of EU trade officials, although it would no longer be signed before the end of the year if not

Spain will continue to consider it a priority to close the EU association agreement with Mercosur before the end of the six-month presidency, as stated at the last meeting of EU trade officials, although it would no longer be signed before the end of the year.
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With the harvest of the red-skinned and red-fleshed Rouge variety, the Kissabel® marketing season in Europe comes into full swing. In October, the harvest of the revolutionary range of coloured-flesh apples in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland will be completed. read more

After a short delay the Polish apple season in in full swing. According to Jan Nowakowski, manager of Polish apple distributor Genesis Fresh, Golden Delicious apples will be more of a green color than last year: “This year, the Polish apple season started with two weeks of delay, due to the
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The budget of the Operational Programme 2024 of Aop Gruppo Viva, in which 13 associated POs, operating throughout the country, participate: Apofruit Italia, Asipo, Botticelli, Cerere, Codma, Consorzio Agribologna, Mongolfiera,
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The year 2022 marks a new record for Italy's agri-food trade, both for imports, which reach a record value of almost 63 billion euro (+29.3%), and for exports, which after having exceeded 50 billion euro in 2021, in the last year are approaching the threshold of 60
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In the fall of 2023, Ukrainians are experiencing fluctuations in prices for vegetables. The conclusion of the harvesting season has led to a shortage of certain vegetables, resulting in price increases. Popular are onions, garlic, and beets. The final batches of salad vegetables are yet
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Lower production in Greece and Turkey has resulted in a spike in demand for Greek pears, says Greek pear exporter Paris Karastergios, of Karastergiou Bros: “Due to the fact that the total volume of pears was smaller than last year, there was a vivid demand over the past weeks. This demand did
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The Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade, Alexey Bogdanov, pledged a "worthy, affordable price for domestic apples" this season. Bogdanov claims self-sufficiency in apples in Belarus this year, planning to allocate 23.4 thousand tons to stabilization funds for the inter-season period.
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A meeting recently held by the European Commission's Fruit and Vegetable Markets Observatory's tomato subgroup took stock of the last summer campaign, in which Spain produced 475,051 tons of tomatoes. This figure represents a 6% decrease over 2022. read more

Argentina’s Mendoza area has started the garlic harvesting with a 50% increase in prices expected due to rains in the Northern Hemisphere that caused lower production for large producers in Spain and China. According to Mariano Ruggeri, the owner of Mendoza Exports, a garlic producer and
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Despite autumn having long crossed its equator, Belarusian market stalls are still piled with fresh berries. While cranberries and grapes remain the main seasonal berries in late October, a journalist raid on Komarovsky market in the capital revealed a supply of fresh strawberries, blueberries,
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Bayer has chosen Capogreco Farms as its new exclusive partner for the Australian production and sale of OrangeCandy® melons, for domestic and export markets. read more

The new Italian clementine campaign gets underway. The chestnut campaign is getting underway, with demand rising thanks to the cooler weather and the first appearance of chestnut varieties. For apples, the production of the Campania Melannurca Fujie is on the rise. Very low the
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Demand for Turkish oranges is unusually high this season, according to Esra Söyleyen, managing partner at Turkish exporter Aksun, including from Spain, Europe’s largest producer. “There is a shortage,” she says. “Everybody’s asking for oranges this year.” read more

Ahold Delhaize has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Romanian grocery retailer Profi Rom Food SRL (Profi) from MidEuropa, subject to approval from the regulatory authorities. read more

Latvia: Coalition considering 12% VAT rate on fruit and veg read more

After Apifood, Vergers Cancel, Boyer and Le Vieux Pointet from France entering the Lovita® project, as well as Fruites Font from Spain in 2021, it is now Portugal's turn to join the club with stone fruit specialist producer-distributor Timóteo. This partnership was announced on October 5th at
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