Avocados Australia’s Regional Forum to boost avocado exports
For the 2022-23 financial year, Australian avocado growers/exporters exported 10,736 tons of fresh avocados to overseas markets. Avocados Australia is working on increasing that figure

US government to help Kenya expand its avocado export market
The US government will help Kenya expand its avocado export market under a $160 million (Sh22.6 billion) initiative. United States Agency for International Development (USAid) Chief of Staff

"FruPay de-risks the export process by putting the sale price straight into seller's bank"
Back in 2021 Will Hill and business partner Ollie Morley-Fletcher started testing their digital marketplace FruPro. A lot of time has passed since the initial testing phase and through working

VOG apples are increasingly going international
This year, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been added to the more than 75 export destinations of the VOG consortium, that produces 500,000 tons of apples per year in South Tyrol,

Karastergiou Bros braced for harsher climate
As large parts of Greece swelter under 40C-plus temperatures, and as wildfires rage in the south of the country, it’s easy to neglect the continuing impact of the spring’s hailstorms, not

Sharp drop in South African pomefruit exports
The South African apple and pear industry has reported that apple exports will be down by 11 per cent, while pears will be 20 per cent lower than last year. Hail during the early season caused

Two South African categories predict export drop
The South African avocado export crop has been reduced by around 2.5m cartons as the season reaches its halfway point. At the same time, the country’s citrus industry has announced that its

VOG apples land in Latin America
VOG apples are becoming increasingly international: this year Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have joined the more than seventy-five export destinations of the Consortium, which

“We are looking for new European partners to export our fruit and vegetables from Senegal”
Maïrame Kane and her family grow fruit and vegetables in Senegal's Podor department, in the Saint-Louis region. “My parents are growers so from a very early age, I have been involved in

Growth in fruit and vegetable exports slows down
Fruit and vegetable exports decreased in April. Istat data for the first 4 months of 2023 processed by Fruitimprese show +2.6% in volume and +6.3% in value compared to the same period in 2022. In

"We exported 15% more volume than last season"
The mango season in southern Senegal came to a close at the end of June, while it continues in central and northern Senegal. Aminata Dominique Diouf, a Senegalese mango exporter, describes a

Exports soar and imports plummet in the first four months
In the first four months of the year, the trade balance of Italian fruit and vegetables recorded a clear increase compared to 2022, both in value (+58%), and above all in volume (+134%), as shown

Full-year data indicate that global export quantities dropped to 19.1 million tonnes in 2022
The FAO has published its Banana Market Review. This is issued on an annual basis to Members and Observers of the Sub-Group on Bananas of the Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical

Guillem Export and Frutas Tono create a new citrus giant
The Guillem Export and Frutas Tono groups have reached an agreement to merge their citrus fruit production and marketing businesses, giving rise to a new group that will manage more than 200

Blueberries can head the top agro-exports from Peru: in the first half of the year export of berries increased by 43%
2023 has been a strong year for Peruvian blueberries, with the country remaining at the forefront of global export for the fourth consecutive year. It is possible that blueberries will become the

Blueberries can head the top agro-exports from Peru: in the first half of the year export of berries increased by 43%
2023 has been a strong year for Peruvian blueberries, with the country remaining at the forefront of global export for the fourth consecutive year. It is possible that blueberries will become the

Challenging season for South African stonefruit
The South African stonefruit industry has drawn a line under a difficult export season that suffered from low volumes and logistical problems at ports, although improved profitability represented

Watermelons from Northern and Western Morocco will be available soon
After the end of the first half of the Moroccan watermelon season, with crops coming in from Zagora and other regions of southern Morocco, growers in Larache (north) and Gharb (west) are entering

Zespri to start trialing new red kiwifruit cultivar
Zespri International Ltd is ready to start pre-commercial growing trials of a new red kiwifruit cultivar this winter. Company Chair Bruce Cameron said the cooperative wanted to extend the RubyRed

Four times more exports than last year – Georgian blueberry breaks own record once again
EastFruitanalysts highlight very strong exports of blueberries from Georgia. Both export volume and value were record-high for June 2023. The country may have exported more than half of its

Uzbekistan beats onion exports record
Uzbekistan lifted onion export restrictions onions from March 15, 2023, and, according to EastFruit, since that day the country has been consistently exporting record volumes of yellow onions.

Uzbekistan beats onion exports record
Uzbekistan lifted onion export restrictions onions from March 15, 2023, and, according to EastFruit, since that day the country has been consistently exporting record volumes of yellow onions.

Iran sees 70% drop in export of nuts and dried fruits
Iranian exports of nuts and dried fruits stood at $1 billion in the period of March 2022-23. This means a 70% drop compared to $2.5 billion in the previous year, according to the secretary-general

Naturitalia, let's open up more markets for made in Italy #vocidellortofrutta
The Russian-Ukrainian war and the trade tensions between China and the USA are also having an effect on the export markets for fruit and vegetables. The good news is, for example, the opening of

The Georgian National Competition Agency has begun monitoring the blueberry market
This was announced by the chairman of the agency Irakli Lekvinadze in the program bm.ge. According to him, it was decided to start monitoring the blueberry market based on the appeal of local