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OVERVIEW GLOBAL LEMON MARKET

It is currently quiet on the lemon market. The South African season has already finished and people are looking back on record export figures this year. The Spanish season has…

India relaxed import regulations for avocado, blueberries and Chilean nuts

India has relaxed the import regulations for avocados, blueberries and Chilean nuts, also eliminating the requirement to be treated with methyl bromide. The…

Chen's Sun supplies the market directly from the source

Chinese consumers look forward to Chilean cherries

The volume of Chilean cherries that arrive in China via air freight gradually grows during November. The enthusiasm of Chinese consumers is rising. Chen's Sun…

Lychees and Peruvian figs supplement current exotic offer

"Early season start for Peruvian air-freighted mangoes, considerable shortages of avocados"

When the temperatures in Germany are dropping, traditionally the selection of fruit exotics will increase. "Last week, the first Peruvian air-freighted mangoes arrived this…

China and Brazil sign new trade agreements

The President of China, Xi Jinping, and the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, held a bilateral meeting within the framework of the XI summit of emerging powers -Brazil,…

Oron Ziv of Befresh Europe:

“It is tough to make good margins in the fruit export business.”

“At the end of the day, we are an export company. We work closely with the farmers. If it is a bad season, it affects us too. If we do our job well and we have no big issues,…

Uruguayan blueberries denied a market in China by 30% tariffs

Last week, there was an announcement about the first export batch of Uruguayan blueberries to China by the Salta company Gamorel SA. The shipment departed on…

Peruvian fresh garlic exports grow

According to the Agrodata Peru website, between January and October 2019, Peru exported 7,818,777 kilos of fresh garlic for an FOB value of US $10,423,668.…

EAT-Lancet reference diet

Population Latin America and Caribbean struggles to afford nutritious diet

The EAT-Lancet reference diet is unaffordable for an estimated 1.58 billion people around the world, as its cost outpaces the minimum amount required to achieve nutrient…

California Maria fire affected small percentage of avocado trees

Though assessments are early, it seems as though approximately only 100 acres of avocados were affected following the recent round of California wildfires. “It’s not as bad as…

Special Avocados

Elena Rogojnikova of Hagé International:

Significant shortage of large Avocados

"Up to now, the 2019 avocado market has been the opposite of what it was in 2018," states Elena Rogojnikova of the Dutch company, Hagé International. "In 2018, there was an…

Global Focus Citrus

Texas red grapefruit season commences, big sizes expected

Winter Sweetz, a Texas based grapefruit brand owned by Lone Star Citrus, announced the start of its twelfth season supplying quality, sweet grapefruit throughout the U.S. Now…

Table grape market gets ready to transition from California to imports

The California table grape season is coming to an end, and it looks like the season will end earlier than usual this year. The market is not yet transitioning from domestic to…

Global Berry Congress returns to Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 2020

Global Berry Congress returns to Rotterdam on 30 March-1 April with a major focus on the future viability of soft fruit production, supply chains, distribution models and…

UF/IFAS Plant Improvement research

Growers & researchers seek citrus varieties that are resistant to Citrus Greening

Researchers at the University of Florida provided state citrus farmers and business owners the opportunity on Thursday to sample the fruits (literally) of…

Retailer approaches vary to educating shoppers on avocado ripeness

There’s more than one way to make sure your customers know you have ripe avocados. Some retailers use ripe-and-ready stickers or point-of-sale material, and…

Sukhdeep Sethi - AVI Global Plast

Grape punnet redesigned with less plastic, same strength

With plastic packaging coming under fire in the produce industry companies are looking at ways to minimise the use of plastic and move to recyclable packaging for fruit and…

William Trapon, Trapon Champignons:

France: “It is as if the boletus of the past few years all grew in just one year”

It is an exceptional campaign for the wild mushroom in terms of volumes in France, according to William Trapon of Trapon Champignons. Especially when it comes to the boletus,…

Sardinia citrus: -60% for clementines -30% for oranges

"This summer we had predicted (see FreshPlaza of 26/07/2019) a drastic reduction in citrus production for the region of Sardinia. Now that the harvest has begun, we are aware…

"Chinese ginger export to Europe is warming up again"

This year the ginger supply from Peru and Brazil is much larger than last year. The export volume of Chinese ginger declined as a direct result of this development. Fresh…

Strong early grape market

South African grape exports from northern areas off at a brisk pace

The table grape harvest has kicked off in the Orange River with both white and red seedless varieties. This area produces approximately a third of South Africa's grapes. Their…

Calls to improve New Zealand's vegetable security through better freshwater management

Securing New Zealand's commercial vegetable future was a key part of HortNZ's submission to the recent "Action for healthy waterways" consultation process. The NZ Government…

Plastics industry recognises fruit pallet innovation

In its bi-annual awards to innovators and leaders in the plastic recycling industry, the South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO) named PalletPlast the overall…

Melons and watermelons will be protagonists in the Davis Cup

"Our melons and watermelons have the same flavor whether they come from Spain, Senegal, or Brazil"

Standing out in the melon and watermelon market is not easy as it is very brand-driven. The Melon de Autor brand, which has only existed for three years, has achieved…

Don Marshall - Exporta

"Fruit and vegetable growers moving away from wooden crates to clean, lightweight and durable plastic crates"

Plastic is not exactly in vogue at the moment but it does have its advantages in transportation and storage environments. Don Marshall Head of Ecommerce & Fulfilment at…

"Export volume of honey pomelos produced in Heping, China increasing each year"

The local honey pomelo season in China has been underway for nearly three months. Although the taste of this season’s crops is less than ideal due to adverse…

New market observatory for citrus fruit launched

On 13 November 2019 in Brussels, the European Commission launched the new Market Observatory for Citrus fruit. On this occasion the European Commission…

Exports more challenging

California pomegranates end season of slightly lower volumes

California is finishing up harvesting a slightly lower crop of pomegranates. “In general the crop has been down this year compared to 2018, but field to field, it varied,” says…

Australian Lady Jane mangoes to hit stores next week

Australian produce company, Nutrano Produce Group is excited about the release of its new Lady Jane mangoes instore next week. “Our farm team have been monitoring the Lady…

Red Sun Farms Ontario

New Ontario partnership to build 27 acre greenhouse in Kingsville

Red Sun Farms Ontario Inc. is an entirely new endeavor between Jim Dimenna of Red Sun Farms and Jeremy Capussi of JC Fresh. Today the company announces that they are to…

New annual B2B event to act as Africa's gate to fresh produce

AgroGate is designed to act as Africa’s Gate to the fresh produce, and is held in Egypt. It is an annual B2B event which will bring together the Egyptian producers and the…

Guangzhou successfully exports fresh persimmon to Canada for the first time

A shipment of fresh persimmon recently left the Gaoming District in Foshan City, Guandong. After a long journey, the persimmon will arrive on the other side of…

Indian Grape Forum 2019 to launch November 17th

India exported 2,46,133 tons of fresh grapes worth Rs. 2,335.24 crore ($334.79 million) in 2018-19. This growth is synchronized by the efforts of grape grower…

The proposals by Vivai Dalmonte

Walnuts and hazelnuts: income is made possible by programming

An ever-increasing number of requests for hazelnut and walnut plants are coming from Italy and abroad. Thanks to agreements with the supply chain, contracts with large…

Global potato trader commits to sustainability and 100% recyclable packaging

To meet its sustainability and branding requirements, Leo de Kock uses recyclable P-Plus packages with controlled micro-perforationstailored to each product. These help to…

NZ: Change in cargo loaders helped speed up container transfer time

T&G Pipfruit exported 750, 40-foot reefers from its Otago coldstore in 2019 and expects the coldstore to process between 900 and 1,000 containers next year. Each reefer weighs…

Launch in Spain of a powerful kaki promotional campaign

Throughout the month of November, a national kaki promotional campaign will be carried out by both Anecoop and the Regulatory Council of the Protected Designation of Origin…

Chinese chef’s fruit carvings go viral

Chinese chef Li Mian strives to become the best fruit carver in the world. He now has more than 250,000 online followers.

Maersk sees slight pickup in container traffic next year

Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk has made the statement that expected 2020 growth in global seaborne container traffic to be slightly higher than this year,…

Philippine growers will highlight coconut products at German 2020 BioFach fair

The Department of Trade and Industry’s Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) has confirmed that food manufacturers from the…

Fruit Logistica Day in the Port of Algeciras

The Spanish port of Algeciras controls 75% of import reefers

Representatives of the Bay of Algeciras Port, production companies, the logistics sector, and health authorities analyzed the current challenges presented by the maritime…

Through to November 2020

FDA will test romaine lettuce for pathogens

After four outbreaks in less than two years where likely contaminated romaine lettuce contained deadly E. coli O157: H7, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to turn…

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Countries importing predominantly from the US / Germany / China.

Trying to lose weight? Add papayas to your diet.

No matter how hard we try, most of us are constantly on the search for an easy weight loss diet plan. While there is no magic ingredient which can get rid of the excess fat in…

Retail

Asda blames Brexit uncertainty for lower sales

Britain's Asda Blames Brexit Uncertainty For Lower SalesAsda, the British supermarket arm of US retail giant Walmart, reported a fall in underlying sales in its latest…

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