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Smurfit Kappa’s BanaBag®

Sustainable recyclable banana bag gains popularity in Latin America

Banana producers often use plastic bags to cover the banana bunches on the plants for protection. The plastic material of these bags, however, doesn’t fit in well with…

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Chief Executive Officer

Goodvalley, a partner of Chileprunes, is committed to taking its dehydrated plums to Japan

"We currently are the only company with 50 ovens and a centralized process for all products"

Since its inception in 2009, and with few exceptions, Goodvalley - a partner company of Chileprunes - has increased the volume of dehydrated plums it exports by 12 to 15% each…

Peru's mango seeks to diversify its markets

In an interview, Cesar Morocho Marchan, a member of the NMB Council and current president of the Peruvian Association of Mango Producers and Exporters, spoke about the work…

Citricola Salteña honoured as the sector's largest exporter in Uruguay

The Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (BROU) and the Union of Exporters of Uruguay (UEU) awarded Citricola Salteña SA (Caputto brand) an award for being the largest…

Chile is getting closer to developing its own cherry varieties

The INIA-Biofrutales Cherry Genetic Improvement Program is getting closer and closer to obtaining the first cherry varieties that are 100% developed in Chile.…

Camposol increased its sales volume by 30.6% between January and September

Between January and September 2020, Camposol, the largest agricultural exporter in Peru, with operations in Colombia and Uruguay, increased the volume of its…

Looking at growth prospects for exports of premium varieties

San Miguel starts a new grape season

After great results were achieved with mandarins and avocados from Peru, San Miguel starts the 2020/2021 Peruvian grape season with great expectations. There…

Cherries from Chile promoted for the first time in India

Working alongside the Chilean Embassy in India and the office of the Chilean Trade Commission - ProChile, the Chilean Cherry Committee of the Chilean Fruit…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 51

Blueberry shipments from Chile are increasing

During week 50, 10,380 tons were exported, although this volume is bulky due to those containers from week 49 that could not be shipped and therefore were attributed to…

Philippe Strajusak, Oliver:

"We have just received the Peruvian and South African seedless grapes"

Oliver, an import company specialized in exotic and off-season products, has just started the marketing of seedless grapes from Peru and South Africa: "We received the first…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Daniël Penturij, Explosive Foods, the Netherlands

"Despite the strange year, we're expecting good sales this Christmas"

Two to three years ago, most people didn't know what a pitahaya was. But, this exotic fruit is becoming increasingly well-known in Europe. Dutch importer, Explosive Foods,…

Europe closes borders to UK - is fresh produce still moving?

This weekend, an increasing number of European countries banned travellers entering from the United Kingdom. On Sunday ferries were also stopped for passengers and the…

Good eating quality on both domestic and imported grapes

Supplies of grapes are still strong thanks to a combination of California supplies as well as imports. “There are good supplies of California grapes through the end of this…

Sourcing from Australia, New Zealand, and Chile

Winter import cherry program continues expanding

While cherries have generally been thought of as a summer fruit, United Apple’s import program is making new crop cherries available this month. “We have offered a Chilean…

Jan Strijbos, Prins Verpakkingstechniek:

"The packaging configurator makes finding the right packaging a lot easier"

A new packaging configurator can be found on the Prins Packaging Technology website. “We notice that when customers request a packaging machine, they sometimes do not really…

Coenraad Fraenkel – Agrimotion Consulting

Future farmers will insist on data-sharing among service providers, predicts consultancy

“I can well see how farmers in five year’s time will insist on interaction between data providers, service providers and consultants visiting their farms,” says Coenraad…

Average crop of California avocados anticipated for 2021

Looking ahead to 2021, the California Avocado Commission (CAC) is predicting a slightly smaller California crop. Photo: California Avocado Commission The Commission notes that…

Illias el Mrini, Med Green Import, the Netherlands

"There's a lot of Moroccan supply, but demand's lagging"

The 2020/2021 Moroccan fruit and vegetable forecasts have improved dramatically. Citrus production has risen by 29% this year. That's according to the Moroccan Ministry of…

New Zealand, Japan, and Brazil

New export destinations for Egyptian oranges

Orange exports are set to rise to 1.5 million tons in the 2020/2021 season. In 2019/2020, it was 1.37 million. That's according to the US Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in…

Artes Politcnica from Italy: watch the videos

Good results by covering the cherries with nets instead of plastic film

Cooperative company Sanifrutta is leader in fresh fruit processing and packing. In its establishment in Costigliole Saluzzo (Piemonte, Northern Italy) the owner Eraldo Barale,…

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USDA cites RRD Produce Co. for PACA violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on RRD Produce Co., Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.…

UNSW Sydney research

Biodegradable packaging from banana plant waste

Two researchers at UNSW Sydney are looking into a way to turn banana plantation waste into packaging material that is both biodegradable and recyclable.…

Tomato cultivation in the desert

South of Dakhla, in Morocco, the Agida farm is developing an unusual model of greenhouse cultivation. It is an Economic Interest Group (GIE) created in 2017 on the initiative of the…

China

Yidu Group wins the JD.com Gold Medal for its cherries imported from Chile

Last week, Yidu Group was awarded in Beijing the gold medal of the Chinese online retail chain JD.com's Gold List awards in the cherry category for the…

Bryan Douglas, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

"Cargo space still scarce for fruit and vegetables"

With Christmas fast approaching, fruit and vegetable sales will again climb 'a little' in Belgium and the Netherlands. People like to serve something special,…

Pakistan: SCA intends to scale up protests against onion & tomato imports

The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) is a provincial farmer lobby group. It has given a 6-day deadline to the government to ban the import of tomatoes and…

Retail

Carrefour and Tesco buying alliance is being restricted

Dutch supermarket wants to turn facial recognition system back onA year after shutting off its facial recognition system under regulatory pressure, a Dutch supermarket wants…

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