Ludger Nollet, Nollet Fruit:

"In March it will be hard to find sufficient Jonagold and Golden"

Yoann Alarçon, Manager of Traditional and Fresh Products at Carrefour:

“We no longer offer strawberries in January, mainly to please our clients”

Vegetable grower and trader Bernd Gläßner on the current marketing situation

"In times of Corona, there are simply no large volume moves"

Bid online for potato processing and packaging machinery

Karl-Josef Hortmann, Rheinische Pilz-Zentrale:

"We can hardly keep up with production"

The eggplant, cucumber and zucchini supply is still limited in Almeria

"Volume of work in Almería has fallen by between 40 and 50% since the frosts"

Finò exports 60% of fennel

Exports cannot be improvised

Theo Kampschoer, Kampexport, France: "COVID-19 boosted cauliflower sales"

"We've been exporting vegetables from Brittany for 60 years now"

“There’s a chance for Egyptian citrus to enter big markets in the Far East”

With Lof, the Nertherlands

Less wastage thanks to chicory flap

Special Latin America

Global Focus Grapes

Producers commented on the situation

Good trend for the kohlrabi market

Fresh Connection starts year by opening new refrigerated warehouse and plans to move

Early avocados and lemons now need sunshine

Localised flooding but minimal wind damage from tropical storm Eloise

Sorma Group launches high-tech platform for SormaTech optical sorting machines

Fruit exports 11% up, vegetables exports down

New Dutch agricultural record of EUR 95 billion, despite COVID-19

First British cucumbers of 2021

Italian exports have grown during the first ten months of 2020 (+6.7%)

Steady demand for potatoes in retail packing markets

Citrus fruits in Brussels are up to 5 times more expensive than in Spanish markets and up to 20 times more expensive than at origin

EU apple business might face problems in upcoming season

Port of Southampton

UK: Cocaine worth £76 million found in banana shipment

January-November 2020

Spanish fruit and vegetable exports fell by 3.5% while imports increased by 3.7%

Czech bill boosting domestic food in supermarkets might conflict with EU regulations

New Dublin to Cherbourg ferry sells out on first day

Brexit might revitalise Irish seed potato sector

2020 fruit and berry harvests in Russia increased to 3.6 million tons

Spain

Recommendation to sow 15% fewer potatoes in Castile-Leon in 2021

Germany ups COVID-19 border checks amid fresh food warnings

"Spain could achieve the goal of 25% organic production by 2030"

Post-Brexit

Ireland and France cut out middleman Britain

El Ciruelo breaks record with more than 180 million Euro in turnover in 2020

€15 million investment in vegetable processing

Ukraine saw reduction in 2020 apple, blueberry and walnut exports to Singapore

UPA Andalusia

Operators pay less for Andalusian citrus due to frost damage

TH Clements spokesman Richard Mowbray

‘Home cooking boom led to soaring demand for vegetables’

Source of the cherries has not yet been disclosed

Inner packaging of imported cherries said have tested COVID-19 positive

The Unió de Pagesos denounces citrus buyers for breaching contracts

Up to 40,000 tons of mandarins could remain unharvested in Catalonia

Ecuador achieves a new banana export record in 2020 with 380 million boxes

Larger Australian nectarines on the Chinese market than last year

“We saw demand for closing solutions increase greatly because of the pandemic”

Smaller crops and slightly higher pricing on kiwis

cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, figs and table grapes.

Growing fruit trees and grapevines in unheated greenhouses: the benefits

Which fruits will enjoy lower import tariffs?

China adjusts import tariffs for fruit in 2021

2020 was a solid year for the SA fruit industry despite the many challenges

EverCrisp® apples now available: Midwest developed and Michigan grown

Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia

£100,000 of post-Brexit tariffs slapped on Fairtrade bananas from Africa

Retail

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