Middle East
Bill Montague OAM, the innovative founder of Montague, passed away on 6 February. Starting his business at age 22 with a small carting operation and two market stalls, he grew his family business over seven decades to include packing, procurement, logistics, wholesale markets, marketing and
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Red Sea crisis, Delpozzo: 'We are building new balances'
2024-02-06 00:00
It was November when the Houthis in Yemen made the media headlines for the hijacking in the Red Sea of the Galaxy Leader, a ship belonging to the Israeli company Ray Car Carriers, managed by the Japanese NYK. So at IFN we commented on the incident with Massimo Delpozzo, director
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 5 February
2024-02-06 00:00
The prices of many fruit and vegetable crops are falling. More pigmented late varieties of oranges are coming onto the market, although demand is not optimal. Late varieties of clementines, such as Hernandina and Tango, are also coming in. The Romanesco artichoke harvest is about to start and
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French shipping company CMA CGM suspends Red Sea transit again due to security concerns
2024-02-06 00:00
French maritime transport company CMA CGM has once again suspended the use of the Red Sea as a transit route for its vessels, according to a source. This decision was made in response to the ongoing threats posed by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels, known as the Huthi rebels, who have been targeting
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Madhya Pradesh is increasingly recognized in the global agri-export market, exporting 30,000 tons of bananas annually from the Burhanpur district to Iraq, Iran, Dubai, Bahrain, and Turkey. Approximately 19,000 banana farmers are cultivating 23,650 acres, producing 1.65 mln tons annually. The
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BerryWorld has big plans for Egyptian blueberries
2024-02-05 11:00
Egypt has the potential to become a major supplier of blueberries to countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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Red Sea crisis will certainly impact orange sales from Egypt
2024-02-05 00:00
Leading figures in the fruit sector have expressed their concerns over the Red Sea crisis, which has already impacted the sales of apples to the Middle East from Europe. The European apple market in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, estimated to be worth around $400 million, has been affected by Houthi
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Rich woman living in Dubai spends £90 on grapes
2024-02-05 00:00
A wealthy woman in Dubai, unable to purchase the most expensive penthouse, bought a bunch of grapes for over £90, a purchase she initially didn't intend to consume. Dalila Laaribi, the woman in question, shared on TikTok her acquisition of "the world's most expensive grapes," costing 428 UAE
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LEAF unveils global ambition
2024-02-02 16:00
David Webster’s links to LEAF go way back. When the sustainable food and farming charity was first formed by Caroline Drummond at The Royal Show in Stoneleigh Park in 1991, a teenage Webster was gardening in the grounds for work experience.
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"Currently, we are supplying frozen berries, plum puree in barrels from Serbia, and fruit distillates from Bosnia to the EU. The prices for the frozen fruits have fallen dramatically, especially for raspberries. In the last two years, raspberry prices were so high that they were partly sorted
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'Alongside Spanish Clemenvilla, Clemenova, and Tango, now Nadorcott have made an appearance'
2024-02-01 00:00
The significance of mandarins has evidently grown: In addition to Spanish Clemenvilla, Clemenova, and Tango, Nadorcott has also been received. Offers from Spain were not always convincing in terms of quality, resulting in occasional price reductions. Israeli Orri, on the other hand, had no
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Lebanon has been operating under the heavy weight of multiple economic and political crises, and was recently impacted by the rising tensions in the region, facing threats of expansion and the fear of being dragged further into war. Yet the picture is not always gloomy. As the production of a
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Avocado ripeness testing method launched for markets in Europe, Middle East, and Africa
2024-01-31 00:00
As Apeel Sciences prepares to engage with the region's suppliers and retailers at this year’s Fruit Logistica in Berlin, it is announcing strategic developments designed to enhance partnerships and streamline operations throughout their markets in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
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Good supply of avocados from Spain and Israel
2024-01-30 00:00
Worldwide Fruit started their Spanish avocado season in December and now have programmed arrivals each week.
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#Repartofresh. Cds (Famila): 50 out of 90 suppliers are Sicilian
2024-01-30 00:00
Fruit and vegetables at the entrance to the shop, or at the opening of the fresh area, is strategic for communicating the values of freshness, seasonality and territoriality to the consumer. For the Romano Group (Cds spa), which for some years now has been running stores in Sicily
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Brazilian apples carve out new markets
2024-01-29 15:00
Brazilian apple producers are conquering new markets in the Middle East. Vacaria-based Rasip, one of the country’s biggest exporters, said it plans to export to the UAE and Singapore in the first half of 2024.
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Iran aims to boost high-quality pistachio exports
2024-01-29 00:00
During a session of the working group dedicated to the development and modernization of pistachio processing terminals, Karim Zolfaghari, the head of the Center for Mechanization of Development and Agricultural Industry in Iran, expressed Iran's ambition to enhance the export of high-quality
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Saad Moussa, supervisor of Egypt’s Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ), clarified that Saudi Arabia's recent ban on strawberry imports is not exclusive to Egypt. The decision, outlined in an official letter to Egypt, encompasses a temporary suspension of strawberry imports from
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Maersk expands services in India and the Middle East
2024-01-26 00:00
Maersk, a Danish shipping giant, is intensifying its operations in the Indian subcontinent and Middle East to address challenges in the Red Sea and Suez Canal areas. The company plans to launch a weekly service from Chennai and introduce a new Arabian Sea service.
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"Attacks on commercial ships have created a lot of confusion, panic and lot of stress"
2024-01-26 00:00
The disruption to shipping from Europe to Asia is a real problem for Polish apple growers. Aniruddh Ramesh, director of Polish apple exporter LVMG Grupa, explains: “There has been a lot of disruption to trade outside the EU, especially to markets in the Middle East, India and the Far East, due
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