Middle East
Smart packaging for all kinds of needs
2023-04-11 00:00
Israeli packaging and container producer Plasgad will attend Macfrut for the first time. FreshPlaza has talked about it with the marketing manager for Europe, Patricia Marquiegui.
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Pomegranate growers in the Western Cape districts of Wellington, Paarl and the Swartland are finishing their harvests, after a season that – like much else – was two weeks early this year. Initially the crop was expected to be smaller, but anecdotally a number of growers in the Cape have
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Bosnia and Herzegovina finds new apple export market in Saudi Arabia
2023-04-11 00:00
Saudi Arabia seems to be a new export market for apples from Bosnia and Herzegovina. This might make the Middle Eastern nation cover the losses incurred by the measures taken against Russia. In the first two months of this year, there were no exports of apples from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the
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BWGV: O+G producers threaten to "break" under the strain
2023-04-10 00:00
The cooperative fruit and vegetable sector in Baden-Württemberg looks back on an "immensely" challenging 2022. Looking ahead to 2023, the President of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative Association (BWGV), Dr Roman Glaser, does not see any quick improvement either.
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Car, cold consumption for the Easter holidays
2023-04-07 00:00
At the moment, a "coldness" in the consumption trend of the Romans is announced. According to the Price Observatory of the Centro Agroalimentare Roma, while there is good availability of typical food products for the Easter period in Lazio, food consumption is not taking off.
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Haskelberg and IG Deccan enter avocado propagation partnership
2023-04-06 10:00
Israel’s Haskelberg has teamed up with IG Deccan to bring high-quality avocado genetics to India.
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Demand from Gulf countries for Iranian produce has increased significantly in recent weeks, but not in the way Iranian exporters would like. "There is a strong demand for certain fruits and vegetables, but the way of doing business leaves much to be desired," said Hadi Mirzaei, CEO of Iranian
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Future Crops declared bankrupt: all equipment in online auction at Troostwijk Auctions
2023-04-06 00:00
Poeldijk-based vertical farm Future Crops has been declared bankrupt. For this reason, all equipment belonging to the baby lettuce and herb producer will be auctioned through Troostwijk Auctions' platform. The lots can be bid on from Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 16:00. The auction closes on
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A few months after its official presentation at Fruit Logistica 2023, Harmoniz LTD, the new Israeli seed company born in 2022 from the merger of TomaTech and Nirit Seeds, welcomes Saro Tumino as the General Manager of its Italian team.
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Ramadan sales have been very good for all South African fruit
2023-04-05 00:00
Chilean freight rates to the Middle East have dropped to a level roughly equivalent to South Africa’s freight rates to that region, while on the route to India, last year’s extreme difference between freight rates for Chile and for South Africa has flattened out.
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The Irish explorer who brought potatoes to Greece
2023-04-04 00:00
A 19th-century Irish adventurer and explorer is credited with introducing the potato to Greece shortly after it won its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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In Dnipro, the occupiers hit a hangar where vegetables and fruits were stored with a drone
2023-04-04 00:00
On March 27, the Russian occupiers carried out a night attack in Ukraine, using Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones and guided aviation bombs, according to a statement by the Ukrainian Air Force Command on March 28. A kamikaze drone hit was recorded in the Dnipro, where a massive fire broke out
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“Orri mandarins performed well compared to grapefruits and oranges”
2023-04-04 00:00
The Orri mandarin has performed rather well this season, says Planet Israel export manager, Betsalel Ohana: “We started the season in uncertainty, due to different directions of trends. Due to droughts and heatwaves around the world, we expected a lack of citrus fruits globally, while the
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 3 April
2023-04-04 00:00
The Roman artichoke campaign is in full swing, but demand is struggling to take off despite the approaching Easter festivities. Agretti production is in full swing. Asparagus prices are rising due to a lack of product. Strawberry prices, on the other hand, are plummeting due to
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High Middle East and Asia demand for Chilean inshell walnuts
2023-04-04 00:00
As Chile’s harvest of walnuts started earlier this month (March) in the northern areas, demand for the inshell product is strong in the Middle Eastern markets. “Despite high US inventories their quality is bad because of the climate, that allows Chilean walnuts to be priced at a premium,”
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Ecuador: Banana exports down at the beginning of the year
2023-04-04 00:00
From January to February 2023, exports amounted to 66.8 million cartons. This is 0.47% less than in the same period last year. In terms of destination, 32% were destined for the European Union (27), 23% for Russia, 12% for the Middle East and 11.55% for the USA,
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Egypt reduces exports of oranges to the EU due to unfavorable weather and devaluation of the pound
2023-04-03 00:00
The EU, one of the main markets for oranges from Egypt, sharply reduced the volume of purchases in the 2021/22 season, EastFruit reports. Egyptian exports to the EU fell to the lowest level in at least five years and were 25% lower than in the previous season.
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Egypt reduces exports of oranges to the EU due to unfavorable weather and devaluation of the pound
2023-03-31 00:00
The EU, one of the main markets for oranges from Egypt, sharply reduced the volume of purchases in the 2021/22 season, EastFruit reports. Egyptian exports to the EU fell to the lowest level in at least five years and were 25% lower than in the previous season.
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Morocco steadily increases exports of superfood sweet potatoes
2023-03-31 00:00
Regarded as a “superfood” lately, sweet potato has become another export crop for Morocco, according to EastFruit. In just a few years, Moroccan exporters launched the exports of sweet potatoes literally from scratch, entering the premium markets of the EU countries and the Middle East.
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"The transition period made this week's avocado prices skyrocket"
2023-03-31 00:00
The avocado market is currently in transition, so the higher prices will continue for a while, says Evy Van Gastel of the Belgian company Special Fruit. "That transition between the winter countries of origin (Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Israel, and Chile) and the summer ones (Peru, Brazil, and
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