In 2023, Morocco demonstrated a robust increase in export earnings of fresh small fruits, overcoming adverse weather conditions and a drop in volumes. Data from EastFruit reveal that Moroccan small fruit producers exported almost
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For a couple of months now, the Hortilife logo has been visible on a building at Terra Park Centenario in Querétaro, Mexico. The official inauguration of Hortilife will take place on 11 March, one day before GreenTech Americas. "The first containers are expected before the fair.
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In the framework of the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), representatives of Chile and Mexico signed the terms of reference for the modernisation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in force since 1999. Claudia Sanhueza, from the Undersecretariat of
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In the framework of the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), representatives of Chile and Mexico signed the terms of reference for the modernisation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in force since 1999. Claudia Sanhueza, from the Undersecretariat of
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In the brassica family, broccoli is an important crop, spread globally, with significant areas especially in the United States, Mexico and Spain. read more

Demand for sweet potatoes (or yams) from Brazil has increased in Europe. Cassiano Berol, of Brazilian export company Agricola Plantar explains: 'Due to the challenges resulting from the drought in Europe, particularly in Spain and Portugal, both potato producers
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The supply of limes from Mexico is steady in the United States. "It seems to be about average for this time of year," says Steven Leal of S&J Distributing. What's different is that prices generally increase from mid to late February to the end of February," he says.
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This year the Dutch sales office of North Bay Produce enters its fourth year of operation. "We have six people working in the Netherlands and England, where we would like to expand further in the coming years," says Wilco Arts. North Bay is a North American cooperative of
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In an operation in the port of Colon, Panama, authorities seized five tonnes of cocaine hidden on a ship carrying bananas from Ecuador to Spain. Panama's security minister, Juan Pino, reported that the discovery was made in "two containers".
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Demand for sweet potatoes from Brazil has grown in Europe. Cassiano Berol, from the Brazilian exporter Agrícola Plantar, explains that, "because of the complications arising from the drought in Europe, in particular in Spain and Portugal, which are both sweet potato producers, and the recent rains, the demand for sweet potatoes has increased in Europe.
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The Spanish citrus season is encountering serious difficulties, both in oranges and mandarins, as well as in lemons and grapefruit. The conflict in the Red Sea has led to an increase in the presence of Egyptian oranges and Moroccan mandarins in European and North American markets,
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Below are the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. These are national averages of the most common prices for bananas in the Birmingham and London wholesale markets. This publication is updated weekly. Costa Rican bananas in the
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