Importers spark row with Defra over strawberry quota
It follows a story in The Grocer last week which revealed Egyptian imports would soon be hit with a 10% tariff due to an insufficient quotaThe government has been slammed for its “misleading and

Portugal: Record exports of fruit and vegetables
Portuguese fruit, vegetable and flower exports reached their highest ever value in 2022: 2040 million euros. This result represents an increase of 15.6% compared to 2021, Portugal Fresh announced

Oregon onion grower-shipper opts for new grading and packing line
Oregon’s Northwest Onion was looking to invest in a new packing solution but ended up opting for a new topping, grading and packing line. “We’ve been sorting and packing onions with the same

Eksport cebuli w 2022 r.
Wolumen eksportu cebuli (kategoria CN 070310 - Cebula i szalotka, świeża lub schłodzona) w 2022 wyniósł 200,8 tys. ton, a jego wartość osiągnęła poziom 511,1 mln zł. Oznacza

"Despite everything, we don't see a significant price difference for potatoes compared to other years"
Sales of potatoes and onions are particularly quiet after the turn of the year. "Although we are currently also offering Annabelle potatoes from Cyprus, it is still too early for early potatoes.

Polish apples enjoy strong demand for most popular export varieties
The Polish apples are doing better in 2023 than they were doing in December of last year. Mateusz Wajnert, head of sales for Polish apple exporter Galster, states there is good demand for the

Idared pozostał w tyle ze swoimi cenami
Najpierw słów kilka o zapasach jabłek odmiany Idared w Polsce. A Polska jest wszak jedynym liczącym się producentem tej odmiany w UE. Drugie Czechy mają, według

Shortage of vegetables in Almeria due to the cold
This campaign will not go down in history as a normal one for Almeria's greenhouse producers. First, because of the high temperatures recorded in autumn and the warm start of winter, and now

HHLA exceeds expected EBIT for 2022
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) increased its Group revenue by 7.7 percent to € 1,578 million in the 2022 financial year (previous year: € 1,465 million) according to preliminary

Almeria struggles to meet demand for winter fruit and vegetables
Supermarket aisles across Europe face shortages of fruit and vegetables in the coming weeks following a series of adverse climatic events in the southern Spain region of Almeria, whose greenhouses

"Three years after the pandemic, we invite players in the fruit industry to visit the Chinese mainland market"
Although the pandemic that has lasted for three years brought huge challenges to the Chinese market, according to official data, the total amount of imported fruit in the Chinese market has