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Mersel Foods on the Indian grape season

“Market will stabilize for Indian grapes in a couple of weeks”

The Indian grape season is in full swing and the season has been pretty decent so far. According to one exporter from India, weather has been favorable, volumes have been…

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Stone Fruit Sales Category Manager - Europe Division

"Vietnamese dragon fruit is not easily transported to China, but the price of domestic dragon fruit is rising"

The supply volume of Vietnamese dragon fruit to the Chinese market rapidly declined this season as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This situation created some commercial…

Chinese loquats from Miyi county maintain stable production volume and price

The Miyi loquat is a specialty product from Miyi county in Panzhihua City in Sichuan province. The fruit is brightly colored and has an intensely sweet flavor.…

Bangladesh: Lemon prices go up due to efforts to boost immunity

While health awareness about the pandemic has increased, lemon prices have soared in the current off-season, benefiting many growers in the Sylhet sector,…

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Farmers’ market gains traction: Win for both vegetable growers and consumers

Mohammad Monir Hossain is a small farmer from Savar, located on the outskirts of Dhaka. Every Thursday evening, he loads his harvested vegetables onto a…

Bangladesh government plans to boost farm produce exports

The Bangladesh government has decided to prepare an action plan with a view to boosting outbound shipments of the country's agricultural products. It had…

Hema implements first technical specifications for tree-ripened mangoes

"Remember, every mango should be left with a 3cm stalk when being cut off the tree, and then cut to 1.5cm after being transported to the processing center." Peng Fu, manager…

Feijoa season looking bright

The New Zealand feijoa season is looking bright as fine weather brings an earlier harvest than usual for the fruit, which are expected to hit supermarket shelves this week.…

China added 8 Colombian Hass growers to authorized exporter list

Recently, the General Administration of Customs of China has expanded the list of authorized producers and processors of Colombian Hass avocados, adding 8 new…

Chinese imports of fresh and dried fruits and nuts lower in 2020

China's produce trade in 2020 was generally better than expected, and domestic demand supported the steady growth of imports. Customs data show that the total…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Jonny Cook - Port Nelson

Having a good relationship with shipping companies helps to keep things running smoothly at the port

As the New Zealand apple export season hots up Port Nelson (PNL) is running at full capacity reshuffling the port and carefully managing space. The full capacity of the port…

Global Focus Bananas

Safer and easier ethylene applications aid in destination ripening

Almost 50 years ago Catalytic Generators was founded by a banana ripener. He didn’t like the risky ways that were used to add ethylene to a room. With ethylene being…

Chinese border customs destroyed 17.24 tons of smuggled durians

On March 3, Nanning Customs destroyed 17.24 tons of durians suspected of being smuggled from the border between China and Vietnam. The packaging showed that…

Kashmir apple growers fear losses due to weekly closure of national highway

Kashmir apple growers and traders fear losses due to the weekly closure of the 270 km long Srinagar- Jammu national highway. One fruit grower said: “As the…

India: Hill States Horticulture Forum set up to safeguard interests of growers

A joint meeting of various Industrial Associations/Unions with Inter-State Fruit and Vegetables Associations Unions of hilly States and UTs was held last week.…

For this season’s first box of konkan Alphonso mango

Live mango auction sees all-time high bid of Rs.108,000

Mango farmers from the Konkan region were elated at their first ever and historic public auction for the king of fruits, the “Alphonso Mango or Hapus Mango”,…

Davao City coconut processing plant plans to export to China

Investors from the Chinese province of Hainan are planning to set up a coconut processing plant in Davao City. This is the first of various ventures and trade…

Indonesia plans to regulate e-commerce to combat predatory pricing

The Indonesian government is set to issue a regulation to prevent predatory pricing on e-commerce platforms, including for Chinese goods. President Joko Widodo…

Taiwan is probing cabbage market in United Arab Emirates

Approximately 20 tons of fresh cabbages were shipped from Taiwan on Saturday, bound for new markets in the United Arab Emirates, in an initiative launched by…

Bringing Vietnamese goods into foreign distribution channels

Experts have determined that for Vietnamese products to enter foreign distribution channels, it would be necessary to be more professional and stable regarding…

Jan Schockaert, fruit and vegetable purchasing manager at Colruyt

"Using the Apeel technology on avocados is a great step in our sustainability plan"

At the start of February, supermarket chain Colruyt announced that it would be putting avocados on the shelves with Apeel technology. This is an invisible, vegetable…

Students pivot their business and build a vertical farm in their parents’ cellar

In 2017, Lucas and Brieuc, two Belgian students started a business called Good Move. This company has now gone in a new direction. Until early 2020, Good Move produced…

Ginger, high prices in the large-scale retail trade

The volumes of ginger available on the market are not enough to meet the demand, but prices are still competitive. In this period of the year, most of the product comes from…

Mexican organic mango season is off to a good start

The Mexican season for organic mangos started a little early this year, and the overall prospects for the season look good. Fernando Valle of Terra Fresh Organics shares:…

Westland Mushrooms in the Netherlands gets new house style and cooling facilities

"Our trade's resilience was a pleasant surprise"

Most of Westland Mushrooms' end clients are in the hospitality channel. That's been a significant challenge for this Dutch company in recent years. Yet Harold Schuurmans isn't…

Elena Malkova interviews Shawn Harris and Yvonne Geurten

International Women’s Day in the fresh produce sector

March 8 is International Women's Day and, born and raised in Russia, I cannot, even after 26 years and now fully integrated in the Netherlands (where this holiday does not…

Rien Veraart, Veraart Agri, the Netherlands

"Central Europe's local industry vegetable cultivation is on the rise"

After a long overnight trip, a truck laden with Spanish onions arrives at Berlin's wholesale market. During unloading, disaster strikes - three pallets are dropped, seriously…

Post-harvest treatments can be avoided

Dynamic storage increases firmness and shelf life

Apples and pears stored in a standard ULO (Ultra Low Oxygen) cell already benefit greatly. These facilities have fixed oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. However,…

Christophe Blanc, Managing Director of Maf Roda Ibérica: "We want our lines to be self-sufficient"

"Our investment is focused on automation, internal analysis and total traceability control. They are the future"

The lack of labor in the fruit and vegetable sector, as well as the restrictions on mobility since the health crisis broke out, are giving a boost to the demand for solutions…

CarrieAnn Arias of Naturipe:

“We have several new initiatives and products in the pipeline for 2021”

It is no secret that consumer shopping behaviors have changed tremendously in the past year due to the effects of the pandemic on everyone’s day-to-day lives. CarrieAnn Arias…

CMA CGM

Southern California port congestions affect Port of Oakland

Southern California ports have been seeing congestion in the past months, and this is now also affecting other ports. Specifically, the Port of Oakland, located in the San…

Inchcape Shipping Services

New Port Cost Estimator from Inchcape is missing link in cost puzzle

Inchcape Shipping Services is adding a new Port Cost Estimator (PCE) to its World of Ports 2.0 platform that will make both voyage cost calculations and TCE estimates much…

South African table grape industry 4th crop estimate

Grape estimate increased due to favourable harvest conditions

The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) released the 4th Crop Estimate for the 2020/2021 season with intake volumes increased to between 67,2 million and 70,9 million…

More freshness and less food waste – guaranteed by the smart "Fresh-cut" fridge

SanLucar wins reta award 2021 in the category Best AI & Robotics

For the past 14 years, the EHI Retail Institute has annually recognized the best implementations of innovative IT solutions with the reta award. This year, SanLucar won the…

Good year for Durillo cherry tomato

This is a good year for the Durillo cherry tomato, bred by Top Seeds International, the global vegetable seed company which specialises in the development,…

Chile boosts its exports of fresh cherries to India

Chile has boosted shipments of fresh cherries to India this season, a destination that offers great growth possibilities for this fruit. The country has…

IQonsulting

Crop and Export Report 2021, Week 9

Chilean blueberry season is coming to an end

With 2,618 tons exported during week 08, the Chilean season is coming to an end. The harvest labors are practically completed in the south-central and southern zones, in this…

Spring is in the air: This year's first Danish potatoes

Since March 4th it's been possible to taste the first Danish potatoes of the year. They were bred by Karl Larsen in a greenhouse on Funen, and Coop bought…

NZ growers to decide Zespri trial approach

At this point in time, it is up to New Zealand growers to decide whether Zespri should progress with a trial partnership with unauthorised growers of G3…

New biofertilizer suitable for organic raspberry crops

EnerPlus® increases production by up to 12%Daymsa has developed EnerPlus®, a new biofertilizer that promotes plant nutrition through the biological activation…

Andriy Yarmak - economist of the FAO investment department:

'Ukrainian logistic's chain of berries and apples to Asia and Africa should be improved'

Ukrainian apple and blueberry producers do not really have palpable technical problems with the logistics of supplying products to Asian and African markets.…

16% do not recognise a leek

60% of Britons can’t identify a kale

A recent survey shows that the average Briton has just 1.6 portions of green veg a day. Also, they are not very familiar with various vegetables; one in ten is…

Retail

Dreamstime

Dija has launched its 10-minute services in areas of London

Carrefour has partnered with Deliveroo to deliver groceries to residents of Brussels

French retailer Auchan raises cost-saving goal as profitability risesFrance’s Auchan raised its cost savings goal under its so-called Renaissance revival plan, which boosted…

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