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OVERVIEW GLOBAL KIWIFRUIT MARKET

Although New Zealand obtained a record kiwifruit harvest last year, the producing regions in the northern hemisphere are facing a decline in their volumes due to the weather…

Chinese muskmelons compete with low-priced Chilean cherries and Shatang tangerines

This season's second harvest of muskmelons from Hainan has already entered the Chinese market. However, the product quality and the market conditions are both worse than last…

Murcian businessmen travel to Ecuador to explore new business opportunities

A delegation of businessmen from the Region of Murcia has traveled to Ecuador with the aim of strengthening commercial relations with the Andean country and…

Jamaica: Vegetable prices drove up inflation in December

Higher vegetable prices over the festive season drove up Jamaica’s inflation rate to 1.3 per cent for December 2020 as measured by the Consumer Price Index.…

Chinese garlic export enters peak period before Spring Festival arrives

Export price of Chinese garlic is stabilizing, only in a few areas is the price still rising

Some overseas countries have adopted a series of quarantine measures ever since the outbreak of Covid-19 last year. These measures have an impact on the regular export of…

Luke Couch - Nutrafruit

Queen Garnet plum sees +300% in export volumes this year

The Queen Garnet plum season is now in full swing and at the current tree plantings, it is possibly the biggest planting of a single plum variety in Australia. “The Queen…

South African ginger market is white-hot

South Africans have been swapping social media horror stories on the price of supermarket ginger, as a shortage develops on the market, driving the price “through the roof”…

J.H. Leavy & Co

Brisbane wholesaler able to significantly boost operations since moving into new warehouse

A major Brisbane wholesaler says it has been able to provide a significant increase in capacity across a number of its current service offerings, since launching its new…

Polish apple season has been ‘acceptable’

European market is quite slow due to the pandemic

The season is expected to become rather slow for the upcoming months when it comes to the Polish Apple season. One exporter has sold off most of what he had in stock…

Brazil greenlights the import of Spanish blueberries

Freshuelva is happy about the positive response of the Government of Brazil to the blueberry management systems proposed through the Spanish Government by the…

Special Latin America

The Washington Apple Commission takes the US Golden Delicious and Cripps Pink varieties to Colombia

The Washington Apple Commission stated that it was working on the new promotion of two apple varieties in the Colombian market to meet that market's growing…

Global Focus Grapes

Diego Moeykens, Indiana Import:

“The table grape industry is changing rapidly, in all production areas”

At Indiana Import, the import grape season usually starts around mid-November with the products from Peru, and lasts until the end of April. “This year, the transition between…

Fooditive and Frutco develop sustainable banana sweetener

"Sweetener with health potential to transform food industry"

Fooditive B.V. and Frutco AG have announced their partnership to launch the Fooditive® banana sweetener line worldwide. Fooditive B.V. reaffirms its commitment to fighting…

Justin Leonard - Jackie Leonard & Sons.

“We will get through this uncertain period but as a businessman it is difficult"

The new Brexit regulations are causing a big problem for British exporters to Europe and vice versa. Irish importers are also having a very difficult time as a huge percentage…

Turkish strawberry season started a month early due to hot weather

There was an early start for the Turkish strawberries this year. Thanks to hotter weather, the strawberries were harvested last month already, when they usually would’ve…

Ken Lyons of Blue Mountain Fruit Co.’s Red Prince apple variety

“With our new sustainable packaging, we expect bagged apple sales to grow 50% this year”

The Red Prince apple variety was brought from the Netherlands to Canada by Irma and Marius Botden in the year 2000 and is grown exclusively by the Blue Mountain Fruit Company.…

Carrot supplies could get tighter as regions open back up

Yields of carrots are lighter than normal right now and could potentially become tighter in the coming months. “There’s not a lot of size coming out of California at the moment,”…

Oppy expands footprint with Ocean Spray® grapes from southern hemisphere

Oppy announced a new grape program building on its partnership with Ocean Spray®, the agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families. The fruit comes from the…

The Chiquita Banana: Capexo's new Gem

Known for its large range of exotic fruits and vegetables, Capexo has recently started to collaborate with Producer Chiquita on the French market. Capexo has specialized in…

BLE Market Report Week 2:

'First navelates from Spain arrived unusually early'

Among the blond oranges, Spanish Navelina surpassed everything in terms of quantity. Navels from Italy and Spain and Salustiana from Spain supplemented the ranges. From…

“We really didn’t expect to be in this situation almost a year on"

Wholesalers have had to adapt many times in the last 12 months to cope with lockdowns and different levels of restrictions. It has been no different for Dundee wholesaler Les…

The EC will take the citrus sector into account in the next evaluation of the trade agreement with South Africa

The European Commission will take into account the citrus sector's input when they evaluate the trade agreement with South Africa this year, as revealed in the course of a…

C.H. Robinson launches consumer brand as Robinson Fresh®

Robinson Fresh, a division of global logistics company C.H. Robinson, is now offering fresh produce under its own name for the first time in the company’s 115-year history of…

Belgian company submits first protein-based biocontrol registration package to the EPA

Biotalys NV, a food and crop protection company, announced that it has submitted its first protein-based biocontrol, Evoca™, to the Environmental Protection…

Retail

Dreamstime

Nisa: Record store recruitment in 2020

Amazon is suing EU antitrust regulators

Romania: Retailer Mega Image leases cold storage, offices in logistic hub near BucharestSupermarket chain Mega Image, part of Ahold Delhaize group, which operates one of the…

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