As the grape season kicks off in the southern hemisphere, the global grape market is shaping up for an interesting season, considers EastFruit and invites you to read the review of the global grape market, published in Italian by the FreshPlaza. read more

For the eighth consecutive year, almonds retained the top spot as the most used nut in new product introductions in Europe in 2022. The data can be found in Innova Market Insights' Global New Product Introductions report. Italy, Germany,
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The export value of fruits, vegetables and flowers rose by 8.3% in the first half of the year, reaching a total of over €1 billion. This is the first time that the sector’s international sales have broken the billion euro barrier in the first six months of the year. Over 80% of sales were
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Spain’s melon season has been a rollercoaster so far, starting out with an oversupply, followed by a shortage due to weather destroying over half of the crops. But August has seen a significant upturn in fortunes. read more

Madi Ventura, a company that deals with sorting and marketing dried fruit, has developed a significant automation project to rationalise space, increasing the capacity of its warehouse from 4,000 to 8,000 pallet spaces. The project was carried out at the Chieve warehouse,
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Since the beginning of the week, potato prices in Ukraine have decreased significantly. As analysts of the EastFruit project note, the main reason for negative trends in the potato market was the beginning of harvesting in the key production regions and, as a result, an increase in the potato
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"Never have I remembered such a fluctuating season for melons in terms of both volumes and quotations; there are production areas such as the Agrigento area, in Sicily, that will remember 2023 with pain, and those who, instead, enjoyed sky-high prices'. These are the words to IFN by Bruno
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Only 1 chilli pepper out of 3 (30%) is Made in Italy, while the rest is imported from abroad for a total of almost 3.4 million kilos last year. This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti at the World Chilli Pepper Fair in Rieti, based on Istat data and
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NielsenIQ (NIQ)analyses the consumption trends and purchasing habits of Italian households for July 2023 in "Lo stato del Largo Consumo in Italia", the monthly survey that photographs the scenario of large-scale distribution in Italy. read more

ALDI continues to consolidate its expansion plan in Spain and will open four new shops in September in the Basque Country, Galicia, Catalonia and Extremadura, and will continue to expand in the north of the country with new shops in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Galicia, Catalonia and Extremadura.
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Producers of the Poma de Girona Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) have forecast a harvest of 88,570 tons this year, similar to last year (88,340 tons). Production remains high for the third consecutive season and this year’s will be the third highest in the last decade, partly due to
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Spain’s almond production for the 2023 campaign is estimated at 120,633 tons, recovering from the record drop of last year’s weather-hit campaign. The estimate is 49% above the average of the last three years, but a new calculation methodology has been applied. This year, the productive area
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The interruption in the supply of British potatoes to the Canary Islands due to the appearance of a pest in the crops of the United Kingdom, the Colorado beetle, and the uncertainty about how long this suspension could last has raised fears of a possible shortage in the islands. read more

In 2022, the EU’s combined harvested production of muskmelons, watermelons, strawberries, peaches and nectarines was 8.6 million tons, representing a decrease of 6.3% on the level in 2021 (9.2 million tons). This downturn was due to the lower harvested production of muskmelons (-9.5% in 2022)
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The recent dark, wet weather with plenty of water and little light in the Netherlands has resulted in moderate bell pepper settings. "The available quantities are low, and supplies should dip considerably in the coming weeks," says ZON sales manager Wouter Willems. read more

Sugar group Tereos has agreed to sell a factory site in northern France to fries maker Agristo. Belgian firm Agristo plans to invest around 350 million euros to develop a new factory for potato-based products to replace the existing sugar processing facility. read more

This quarantine pest, which was detected in June on French territory, originating from South-East Asia, has so far been localised in 14 municipalities - with 5 more to be confirmed - in the Occitania region of France. read more

Despite the adverse weather events that have characterized the spring and summer seasons, expectations are positive for persimmon from southern Italy. The unfavorable weather does not seem to have caused particular problems as happened for many other crops. read more

The EU Organic Awards is a competition that celebrates operators who stand out in the agricultural sector at a European level. Roberto Giadone from Italy, founder of Natura Iblea, Thomas Moschos from Greece (Moschos Farms) and Mikhaylo Haliv from Spain (Tomelloso) are the finalists in the "Best
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