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OVERVIEW GLOBAL GARLIC MARKET

On the global garlic market, prices are currently rising, mainly in Europe. The Spanish harvest has suffered a lot from the weather this year, resulting in a significant…

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Executive Officer - Brisbane, Australia

Manbulloo - Mango Exports

"Interestingly our customers have been prepared to pay more to get our product"

One of Australia's leading mango producers is operating on lower margins on export sales in this COVID-19 affected year, to ensure its international customers can continue to…

Woolworths clarifies "at risk" suppliers

In a response to reports of slavery in the fresh produce chain Woolworths has issued a statement saying that the data in the report 332 sites where workers…

Citrus Australia reacts to health star rating on Australian juice

"Health Star Rating credibility broken beyond repair"

Citrus Australia is shocked and disappointed with today’s decision by State Ministers to endorse a Health Star Rating system that gives diet coke a higher…

"CTU welcomes living wage for fruit pickers"

The Council of Trade Unions is welcoming today's announcement by Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi and Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor that the 2000 people…

Straight to the Source launches online directory

Looking for locally sourced green garlic powder, pastured pork, small-batch craft spirits or Aussie-grown cocoa? Industry leaders are making the fine food…

Sending more than 3500 tons of stone fruit around the globe

Air New Zealand awarded more international cargo flights

Air New Zealand has been awarded more international cargo flights under the International Air Freight Capacity (IAFC) Scheme. This comes after the Government…

"Pear varieties vary in sensitivity towards fresh-keeping products"

Pear is a climacteric fruit with a post-harvest ripening period, and is very sensitive to temperature and ethylene. If not dealt with in time after harvest, the ethylene in…

Chilean cherries arrive in Vietnam for the first time

The Chilean Cherry Committee, ProChile, and the Chilean Embassy in Vietnam launched their first marketing campaign in Vietnam. The activity focused on supporting and…

Chinese Feile kiwifruit enters Beijing market for the first time this season

The early harvest of Feile kiwi fruit entered the Beijing market for the first time this year. This is an important step in the production season of Feile kiwi fruit. The kiwi…

Special Wholesale markets

West Bengal wholesalers not allowed to store more than 25 tons of potatoes and onions

To control the rising onion and potato prices, the West Bengal government has issued a directive that no wholesale trader will be allowed to store more than 25…

Global focus citrus

Vicente Tejedo, of IVIA:

"The new Murina late mandarin will be perfectly able to compete with the club varieties"

Varietal innovation in the mandarin segment has become very important in recent years, in which club varieties have gained a lot of ground in the Spanish citrus sector, not…

Weekly Argentinian blueberry arrival report

1,186 tons of blueberries exported from Argentina in week 47

Argentina has started its blueberry export season 2020. This year Argentina will continue being focused on preserving quality and ensuring the sweetness that makes its fruit…

Kiwis one of the lesser known products from Turkish origin

“Turkey’s kiwi production is up 300% compared to10 years ago”

One of Turkey’s lesser known export products is the kiwi, as about 90% of the production is destined to the local market. The volumes for export are growing every year though,…

Strange send-off in an empty office

Holland Fresh Group's Ger van Burik to retire on 1 December

Ger van Burik began his career in the fruit and vegetable sector in 1983. That was at the Dutch Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale and Brokers Industrial Board. In 2006, he entered…

René Noordam of BanaSplash:

“European demand for organic Fairtrade bananas has been increasing”

The market for Fairtrade and organic bananas has been growing in recent years. Dominican banana producer association BanaSplash works almost exclusively with Fairtrade and…

Italian Darkstone F1 onion has already proven its qualities in Italy, and Central, Southern and Eastern Europe

The Italian onion that satisfies the entire supply chain

An onion with a very dark bronze color, high yield, uniformity in ripening, shape and size. These are some of the results achieved in the last two years with the Darkstone F1…

Leonard Droomer - Dreemfruit

Dreemfruit picks the first flat peaches in a delayed season

The stonefruit season started around ten days late at Dreemfruit – a frustrating wait, notes Breede River Valley stonefruit farmer Leonard Droomer, but the results have been…

Leonardo Juárez, manager of The Fresh Co.:

"We saw a very interesting market niche for Spanish exotic fruits such as citrus caviar, kumquat and pitaya"

The innovation in the supply and the development of new product lines, as well as the objective of offering a unique service, have led The Fresh Co. to launch a new line of…

"A new platform that connects producers, marketers, auxiliary industry and transport and logistics"

Launch of the Fruitobox digital marketplace

The numerous players and operators in the fruit and vegetable sector and the dynamism of this industry make having a reliable platform the concentrates the supply and provides…

ZhPolo, of Zhadobina Garlic: "Increase in the import of Chinese and Argentinian garlic"

"The shortage of Spanish garlic has been accentuated by abundant speculation"

The abundant and persistent rains a few days before the start of the garlic harvest in the main producing areas of Spain caused significant losses in the production volumes…

Exported volumes to Greek market increased by 9%

New sales record for 2020 Ecuadorian bananas

Ecuador has been doing relatively well when it comes to banana exports. Although the second half of 2020 quantities have dropped compared to last year, the first half of the…

Ian Crispin - Pacific Produce

No storm damage to Honduran sweet potatoes, first arrivals Jan/Feb

Honduras has had to cope with two major storms in recent weeks, Eta at the beginning of November and Lota a couple of weeks later, which caused rising river levels, flooding,…

Will Box - BoxedFresh

"Quality, convenience and variety has meant we have retained a substantial loyal customer base"

Back in January, Will Box and his business partner, Jonny Honeyman, had the idea to start a home & office delivery service delivering fruit and veg boxes - BoxedFresh - which…

USHBC to focus on expanding overseas demand for US blueberries in 2021

The US domestic blueberry season will start back up in a few months, in March of 2021 with Florida’s production. With the Vietnamese market being opened to fresh blueberries…

NatureSweet launches new pepper Dulce Italiano Sweet Peppers

New peppers: All the sweet and none of the heat

All the sweet and none of the heat! With 8,000 full-time, hardworking Associates, NatureSweet® has launched Dulce Italiano Sweet Peppers. "Like all peppers, NatureSweet’s…

Discounter provokes united protests of banana exporters

Latin American banana pickers reject the price war declared by ALDI

In the price negotiations for the coming year, ALDI (Europe) has announced it will reduce the contract price per banana crate from 12.41 Euro to 11.33 Euro.…

Kenya Airways Cargo starts direct flights to key locations across the globe

Kenya Airways (KQ) has started direct cargo flights from Mombasa to various destinations across the world. KQ Cargo will initially run one weekly flight from…

Retail

Sainsbury’s opened first new supermarket this year

Monoprix has ambitious plans for expansion throughout Europe

Russian retailer X5 considers IPO for online businessRussia’s largest food retailer X5 is discussing plans for an initial public offering (IPO) for its online business, a…

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