EU to drop ban on hazardous chemicals
A leaked document indicates that the EU is set to drop a ban on hazardous chemicals, which represents a key element of the EU’s Green Deal. According to the leak, the EU will renege on its

Poland calls on the EU to ban the import of frozen berries from Ukraine
Polish farmers fear a repeat of the situation with grain when uncontrolled imports affect the market and cause a significant price drop. This time we are talking about frozen strawberries and

Bananas from Belize at £0.68 per kg
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and

Costa Rican authorities capture 898 kilograms of cocaine
Costa Rican authorities have seized 898 kilograms of cocaine in a container destined for the port of Antwerp, Belgium. The drugs were hidden among a shipment of bananas. The seizure was made

Checking out the price and quality of onions from Uzbekistan in a Latvian supermarket
According to EastFruit analysts, after the ban on onion exports was lifted and through the end of June, Uzbekistan has already exported more than 3.3 thousand tons of onions to the Latvian market.

Poland calls on the EU to ban the import of frozen berries from Ukraine
Polish farmers fear a repeat of the situation with grain when uncontrolled imports affect the market and cause a significant price drop. This time we are talking about frozen strawberries and

Check out the price and quality of onions from Uzbekistan in a Latvian supermarket
According to EastFruit analysts, after the ban on onion exports was lifted and through the end of June, Uzbekistan has already exported more than 3.3 thousand tons of onions to the Latvian market.

Turbulent times for Iranian banana imports
Since the unilateral abandonment of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by the US in 2018, and the return of crippling sanctions on Iran, imports of bananas into the country have once again

EU to bow to chemical industry
Leaked documents suggest the European Commission is set to renege on its commitment to “ban the most harmful chemicals in consumer products, allowing their use only where essential” and bow to

Dock worker jailed over attempt to smuggle Colombian cocaine into the UK in banana crates
A dock worker from Portsmouth, who was involved in a plot to smuggle millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK in pallets of bananas was caught after police switched out the drugs for dummy

From a domestic banana player to a global exporter
This year, Coliman Bananas is celebrating its 45th anniversary. The company was founded by Don Jorge Aguilar Heredia and is now being led by his son Jorge Ángel Aguilar Gallegos. “We started

Banana industry taking steps to prevent TR4 disease from reaching Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is taking concrete steps to prevent the dreaded Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease from reaching its shores. Ministry of Agriculture personnel have formulated a Task Force to help safeguard

Bananas from Guatemala at £1.01: 4% drop from last week
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and

“Producers can already place orders to acquire the only banana plant variety tolerant to Foc TR4”
Formosona-218 is currently the only somaclonal variant of the Cavendish banana that has a very high tolerance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4, the greatest threat to the

Reserve Bank of India's IDG wants to make the Indian rupee into a global currency
The IDG, headed by the Reserve Bank’s Executive Director Radha Shyam Ratho, wants invoicing and settling of international trade transactions in the Indian currency to increase its international

Will Kazakhstan ban imports of cheap fruits and vegetables from neighboring countries?
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan admits that farmers in Kazakhstan are finding it difficult to compete with growers from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, who are able to grow

French cherry farmers protest insecticide ban
Upset French cherry farmers have dumped a ton of rotting fruit in front of a government building in southern France yesterday. They were protesting against an insecticide ban they claim has left

Yuan firms as People's Bank of China pledges to stabilize currency
Yesterday, China's currency firmed against the dollar after the People's Bank of China offered more reassurances to markets worried by the currency's recent sharp falls. The Financial News, a

Commencement of commercial production of highland bananas in the Philippines
The Farmind Corporation, which is fully engaged in banana production in the Philippines' main production area, Mindanao Island, held a ceremony on June 28 for the completion of the packing house

Germany/strawberries: Trade also resorts to alternatives from abroad
The strawberry market has been a demand market since the end of June. The supply situation has been extremely tight since the storms that hit northern and western Germany on 22 June. While in

It's not just bananas in this Icelandic greenhouse
The banana-growing greenhouse at the Icelandic Horticultural College might be what the educational institution is most famous for, but there’s a lot more happening at the campus in Hveragerdi,

India aids Bangladesh to ameliorate green chili shortage
The Bangladesh government approved importing 36,830 tons of green chili from India to address a shortage and curb the excessive price of the produce. The price of each kg of green chili exceeded