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OVERVIEW GLOBAL AVOCADO MARKET

The price for avocados on the global market has been rising in recent weeks due to a smaller supply and a shortage of large sizes. At the moment, Mexico and Chile dominate the…

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Ramazan Gülnar (Paris Direct) on the exceptional year that was 2020

"Thanks to restructuring, we were able to increase our sales even in the year of Corona"

The year 2020 was a challenging year for the international mushroom industry also. Tighter border controls made wild mushroom imports more difficult, and the elimination of…

Nigel Jenney - Fresh Produce Consortium

“Whilst the government has had years to plan for this they have given the industry a matter of weeks"

The UK and EU agreed a last minute Brexit deal on 24th December, which has been widely welcomed by the fresh produce industry. It means goods can still be…

Plantations uprooted again due to lack of profitability

Spanish kaki campaign ending with prices that do not compensate for the drop in the production

The kaki campaign is almost ending in Spain; earlier than usual, taking into account that production has fallen by around 50% compared to the previous year due…

Mike de Koster, WDK Onions:

"Onion trade from full pelt to quiet spell"

After weeks with a gigantic onion export, the demand for Dutch onions is currently a lot calmer. "The contrast is huge, we are really going from full throttle to almost…

Op Primo Sole

We have not lost our enthusiasm thanks to Dolce Lucano

Working on projects and introducing ideas made the pandemic period less difficult for Op Primo Sole in Montescaglioso (Matera, Basilicata). "2020 has not been easy for us, but…

Manuel Baides, general director of the new company Fruta de Autor:

"There is an interesting gap to fill in the premium market"

Four Spanish production companies have joined forces in a consortium to position themselves in the premium market under the Fruta de Autor brand. "Although the project has…

Henk Vlaeminck, Van Dijk Foods Belgium

“Spain's winter weather causes skyhigh vegetable prices”

“Christmas was different from other years. But we can't complain," says Henk Vlaeminck of Van Dijk Foods Belgium. “We had good festive sales. Some products did better than…

Record shipping rates unlikely at their peak, Maersk says

Container carrier A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is working at full capacity and can’t yet see a peak in freight rates that have already been propelled to record highs by pandemic…

Matthias Bartels (FreshField) on the current cabbage market

"Low prices, constant sales and a sluggish export market"

The marketing of cabbages continues at full speed in the Dithmarschen region. Sales in the food retail sector have been particularly good in the run-up to Christmas, but…

Special Latin America

Peruvian blueberry exports passed 833 million dollars in 2020

Peru's blueberry exports in 2020 had a moderate increase in volume and value when compared to the previous year. According to a report by Agrodata Peru, in 2020 the country…

Global Focus Grapes

Exports have grown by more than 21% since October, despite the pandemic and strikes in Peru

Peruvian table grape shipments are expected to increase in the 2020/21 campaign

Peru exported 215,000 tons of table grapes between October and December 20 of 2020, i.e. 21.5% more than the 177,000 tons it shipped in the same period of the previous year,…

mirontell fein & frisch: "Nothing is more constant than change - so we adapt"

"Emerging even stronger from the crisis thanks to changed management"

Last year, convenience fruit manufacturer mirontell fein & frisch AG used the lowered demand from the hospitality industry to reorganize and optimize structures within the…

HDG Services now Fruitify Experts

New year, new name for Dutch fresh produce QC company

In 2012 the then-logistics service provider, Mooy Logistics and Expertise firm, HDG | the fruit consultants joined forces. They formed a subsidiary called HDG Services. The…

UAntwerp and Port of Antwerp testing innovative technology for autonomous shipping

3D sonar sensors enable unmanned sailing

Automated navigation is the future of inland shipping. It may sound futuristic, but innovative research carried out by UAntwerp and the Port of Antwerp is bringing us one step…

Frankfurt-based temperature-controlled logistics company continues its business expansion

Right at the start of the new year, Thermologistic is getting its new warehouse in Kelsterbach at Frankfurt Airport up and running. With an area of 4,000 m2 and temperature…

End of year weighted average European orange prices at €74 per 100 kgs

The December 2020 weighted average European orange prices stood at €74 per 100 kgs Those in Spain were at €59 and the prices in Greece stood at €56, both being slightly above…

Moldova expects to increase apple exports to Russia from second half of January onwards

CEOs of several Moldovan horti enterprises say that at the start of January, they received offers from their Russian buyers (supermarket chain suppliers) to…

‘Still, barring weather problems, this year’s fruit harvest will exceed 2019 records’

Russian Federation: fruit price increases predicted for 2021

According to preliminary estimates from the Horticulture Union of the Russian Federation, the apple harvest amounted to 708,000 tons in 2020, which is 30%…

Yellow Pallet: Banana fibre pallets substantially reduce CO2 emissions

Approximately 21 million pallets are needed each year for the export of fruit from the tropics. These pallets need large amounts of wood and too much energy is consumed in…

Some issues still remaining

Northern Ireland: Progress on potato imports welcome

Democratic Unionist Party MPs Carla Lockhart and Ian Paisley Jr have welcomed confirmation that importation of ware potatoes will be able to continue after 1…

Smart farming supply chains could decrease food wastage by 50%

In a recent study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOUN), it was discovered that approximately 1.6 billion tons of food per…

Channel hauliers will undergo Covid tests 'until further notice'

FTA Ireland strongly advises UK businesses to have paperwork in order

A week after the end of the Brexit Transition period, Freight Transport Association Ireland has urged UK businesses to make sure that any goods sent to the…

Organto closes over-subscribed CDN $4.6 Million convertible note financing

Organto Foods Inc., an integrated provider of organic and value-added organic fruits and vegetables, today announced the closing of its recently announced…

Hein Punt – Maluti Fruit

Early South African apple exporter looks to up overseas trade

The new Royal Gala season is starting for Maluti Fruit in a cool summer with plentiful rain, and it’s been years since rivers have run as strongly as this season, says Hein…

Steady demand and good market for sweet potatoes

The sweet potato harvest in Mississippi wrapped up in the third week of October. For SMP Southeast Marketing, the crop saw good yields and quality. Trey Boyette shares: “There…

CEVA Logistics accelerates its expansion in Africa with the acquisition of ASTI Group in Morocco

CEVA Logistics’ strategic expansion plan across the African continent is further gathering pace with the acquisition of ASTI Group in Morocco. CEVA Logistics and ASTI have…

Financial report for Fiscal Second Quarter 2021

Lamb Weston net sales declined by 12%

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. announced its fiscal second quarter 2021 results and provided a business update for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. “We delivered…

January 20-21

Virtual B2B Mexico-Netherlands Fruit Matchmaking event announced

Upon request of European importers and Mexican exporters, UPM and Holland House Mexico are organizing the digital business event MX-NL Fruit Matchmaking on 20…

Coquimbo, Chile

Shading nets reduce water needs of table grapes by up to 25%

In the Coquimbo Region, a project is underway to study the impact of the use of site-variety specific shading nets on the water needs of table grapes. The…

Honduras' banana sector needs $40 million to ensure the next banana harvest

According to estimates from the Association of Independent Banana Producers of the Sula Valley, the sector needs to invest nearly 40 million dollars to…

New agri-tech startup Nile: online marketplace between producers and commercial buyers

Founded in February 2020 by Louis de Kock, Eugene Roodt, and Rick Kleinhans, Nile is an agritech startup that connects vegetable and fruit producers directly…

Ginger combats certain autoimmune diseases in mice

Ginger is known to have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects, which makes it a popular herbal supplement to treat inflammatory diseases. Now, according…

Lifepack: Pineapples turned into plantable plates

When it comes to finding solutions to a big problem, there doesn’t seem to be anything that’s better than using something that people really want to get rid of as the raw…

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Dreamstime

Vietnam’s retail sales: The lowest growth in 9 years

Aldi Portugal has opened the first of 25 new stores it plans to open in 2021

HelloFresh expands to JapanWithin 5 to 7 years, HelloFresh aims to grow from 3.6bln to 10bln euros in turnover. To achieve this, the German company is now preparing for…

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