Brazil: Initial orange forecast for 2023–24 at 309 million boxes
The 2023–2024 initial orange forecast for Brazil’s citrus belt is 309.34 million boxes. The forecast was announced on May 10; the projected volume is 1.55% less than the previous crop, which

Far-reaching implications of proposed EU marketing standards for pre-cut fruit and vegetables industry
Freshfel Europe warned the European Commission this week on the far-reaching implications of its draft proposal on marketing standards if rules on mandatory country-specific origin labelling are

BayWa reports above-average earnings in first quarter of 2023
BayWa AG generated above-average earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the first quarter of the current financial year. Despite falling year on year to €91.8 million on the heels of an

France: Winter lettuce production declines despite increasing areas
According to estimates released by the French statistical service Agreste on 1 April 2023, the national harvest of winter lettuce will decline by 18% year-on-year in the 2022-2023 season - despite

"Despite the high risk of frost, we will harvest our first marketable apricot crop this year"
For a long time, stone fruits such as apricots, nectarines and peaches were regarded as imported goods par excellence. But after the first, successful cultivation trials in southern Germany, the

AMI: German salads start the season
The lettuce harvest in Germany already started several weeks ago and continues to progress. After the import season struggled with the highly variable weather conditions at the beginning of the

Mexico's mangoes are working towards internationalisation
The General Director of EMEX (Association of Producers - Exporters of Mangoes of Mexico), Myrna Castro, acknowledges that "our main market is the United States, but we are trying to boost the

Pakistan mango exports affected by climate change
Pakistan Fruit Exports have declined by an alarming 42 percent year-on-year (YoY) in the first 9 months of FY 2022-23 in dollar terms. Although the exports of the fruit have witnessed a 110%

Who loves Moroccan watermelons the most?
EastFruit continues a series of articles on the horticultural market in Morocco. The country is confidently increasing exports of several categories of high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables,

“The challenge is to make consumers discover Magnum's taste”
Over the last 10 years, Magnum®, the flagship variety of Earth Market, has become a premium round strawberry in 31 European and American countries. "It has been unanimously accepted from the very

“Our Mexican table grape growing costs have increased by 35% in last two years”
The start of Agrofesa’s 2023 Mexican table grape season is up to 7 days later than last year due to colder weather during blooming and flowering. César Ortiz, CEO of Agrofesa, says despite this

Potato, fruit, and vegetable processing machines for sale
Several interesting fruit and vegetable processing machines are offered for auction! Think, for example, of infeed bunkers, tippers, washing machines, peelers, slicers, and weighing machines for

Hnos. Fernández Lopez signs a commercial partnership with Cal Modest to strengthen its organic line
After several years of mutual commercial collaboration, Hnos. Fernández López SAU will start working on organic production with the Agroturisme Cal Modest SL company, located in Tornabous,

Camposol opens first blueberry packhouse in Mexico
Camposol has built its first blueberry packing plant in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, which will offer the service not only to the company but also to growers in the area who will be able to pack

Norma to rely on sustainable IFCO transport crates for fruit and vegetables in future
Norma and IFCO are expanding their cooperation - for more sustainability and the reduction of food waste. To this end, a long-term partnership was concluded, thus declaring war on disposable

Agrícola Chapi secures US$130m in financing
Peru’s Agrícola Chapi has obtained US$130m in financing to fund the development of its avocado and table grape business. The company plans to reach 1,200ha of avocado production and 900ha of

Why invest in modern strawberry production in Georgia when Turkey is the neighbor?
EastFruit periodically publishes an analysis of the Georgian strawberry market, where local producers frequently comment about the price competition with Turkish strawberries and its negative

Positive trends for apples and citrus fruits at CAR
"In the last few days there has been quite a bit of movement as far as sales of apples and citrus fruits are concerned". Amato Marocca, of Fratelli Marocca Srl, a wholesaler specialised in pears

Egypt leads in fresh strawberry exports to Malaysia and ranks fifth in South-East Asia’s total imports
Egypt became the largest exporter of fresh strawberries to the Malaysian market in MY 2021/22 (July-June) and continued to increase shipments in the current MY 2022/23, according to EastFruit.

North Carolina production helps keep blueberry volumes steady
Supplies of blueberries in North America are strong. “Georgia is past its peak, wrapping up highbush varieties in the next week or so,” says Tim Crane, Category Manager of Blueberries for

Peruvian papaya exports fell by more than a half in the first quarter of 2023
In the first quarter of 2023, Peruvian papaya exports decreased by 64% in volume and 57% in value over the same period of the previous year, with shipments totaling 45.3 tons for 165,000 dollars,