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Gemex to enlarge building in the summer
“In four years, we've grown tremendously"
Othman El Abadi, Force Sud:
"Little demand for lettuce"
Ger Kingma, Hagé International, the Netherlands:
"Moroccan tomatoes gaining ground at the expense of Spanish ones"
COVID in Germany, Austria and Switzerland:
"Not even Christmas can save the mood over here"
No Christmas euphoria for clementines and oranges this year
Andreas Allenspach, Category Manager Coop (Switzerland) looks back at the Corona year:
"Our fruit and vegetable turnover has increased by 15% this year, vegetables were the real winners"
Ralf Settels (Jiahe Germany LLC) on tight market situation
"The ginger market is clearly under pressure at the moment"
Finò
Fennel quantities increase by 20%
France re-open border but drivers must have negative test results
Fernando Durà, of Copal:
"We believe that pigmented citrus could be key to differentiate ourselves"
Special Year Overview
Year overview 2020: November
Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit
Mango consumption pushes up in 2020
Premium Dutch strawberry ready for Christmas
Fresh wasabi, grown in England
DSV Panalpina completes acquisition of Prime Cargo
Tim Struckman, Exotic Roots, the Netherlands
"Rising demand, especially from specialty stores"
Jeroen Groenewegen, Yex, the Netherlands
"This Christmas, using exotic fruit and vegetables for indoor barbecuing is becoming a real hit"
In the Netherlands, Schrijvershof gets its first shipment of Egyptian Navels
LA UNIÓ, Region of Valencia
"Only citrus and pomegranate producers have escaped from collapsing with this crisis"
Total EU avocado supply (updated 18-012-2020)
Week 51 avocado shipments from Israel to Europe at 383,000 units total
AVA-ASAJA makes its technical services available to producers to report any violations to the AICA
Many breaches of contract detected in the peak of the Spanish citrus campaign
Air charter firms witness surge in demand due disruption around ports
EU extends duty-free scheme for fruit & veg imports from Western Balkans to 2025
Pink Lady® donates over 40,000 apples to FareShare
Russia allows export of products from several Azerbaijani enterprises
Closed ecosystem in a designer cabinet
Agrilution brings herb gardens into the home with their "Plantcube"
Keen interest in new ARRA varieties at recent field days in South Africa
January-October 2020
Spanish fruit and vegetable exports fall by 4% in terms of volume, but value is up by 9%
UK grower firm confident that border disruptions will be manageable
Tygho Kampschöer, Fruvexco
"Ginger's quality varies greatly on European market"
Up to 30,000 workers for next year's harvest
Expansion of UK migration scheme to support 2021 harvest
Reflects on priority areas for association activities to aid Southern Hemisphere exporters in 2021
SHAFFE closes 2020 with virtual Northern America meeting
Worries that English-grown potatoes will not be allowed into Northern Ireland
Jacqueline Monden, De Kruidenaer, the Netherlands
"Cautious non-European herb farming could lead to shortages"
Tesco apologises for selling bags of British carrots labelled ‘Grown in Spain’
Murcia seeks to promote underground irrigation for citrus crops
Amadalvarez
"There is a significant demand from private consumers"
Almeria's Raf tomato successfully escapes the impact of the pandemic
"Every year the demand improves so the pricing is strong"
Sales soaring for an Australian premium stone fruit brand across the world
Chinese garlic export suffers from rising shipping cost
Ties Minnen, Afrifruta:
"In Mozambique, you can't just quickly organize something; everything comes from afar"
Alonso Salcedo of Añawi:
“We hope to increase our exports of organic ginger to the US by 40-50% next year”
Increased demand for chestnuts this holiday season as consumers cook more at home
Apple grower launches line-extending products in 2021
Chinese imports of Chilean avocados fall
Chinese firm invests US$6 million in citrus venture
Covid-19 lockdowns force Egyptian potato growers to abandon crops
Due to bumper crops, pandemic, weather problems and transportation issues
Kinnow prices not great in India this season
Mexico extradites a drug trafficker who smuggled cocaine into Europe in pineapple containers
Retail
Morrisons orders 150 fresh new trailers for UK supermarket fleet
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