GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW PEARS
The global pear market seems to be on a stable note, with increasing demand and good prices, especially for smaller sizes. The Belgian pear market is doing well, with a surge of 30% in prices in

Chile trims grape export forecast
Chile’s Asoex Table Grape Committee has released a new forecast for the 2022/23 export campaign, showing a fall in available volumes from the central zone, mainly as a result of climatic issues.

New Zealand horti industry calls for wider and permanent RSE rule changes
In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand horti industry players would like permanent changes to the season worker scheme being urgently reviewed. As it stands, Immigration Minister

Mississippi may have an official state fruit soon
After reading a story about how students in Kansas petitioned their legislators to name the sandhill plum the official state fruit of the Sunflower State, students at the elementary school in

Pakistan set on boosting local potato production
In a recent interview, Dr Babar Ijaz, person in charge of overseas projects, Shandong Rainbow Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd, stated: “Most of the potato seeds in Pakistan highly depend on

Lebanese supermarkets price goods in dollars as local currency tanks
Supermarkets in Lebanon have started pricing items in US dollars instead of the unstable local currency, after a government announcement allowing the practice in a country heavily reliant on

DHL opens new Australian perishable facility
DHL Global Forwarding, the freight specialist arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has opened its newest facility in Brisbane to meet the surging demand for Australian perishable goods export, with an

Mangoes arrive early at Hyderabad markets, but they're quite expensive
Mangoes have started arriving in the markets in Hyderabad city with increased prices. Every year in the first or second week of March, raw mangoes used to appear in the markets of the state

"Trading is the best job in the world"
In the Netherlands, Bakker AGF's Jan Bakker recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Of those seven decades, he has been trading fruit and vegetables for six. "I started peddling cauliflower at ten,

Low potato and onion prices in Maharashtra
Onion prices have crashed in Maharashtra and potato prices have spiraled downwards in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and some other states. The crashing of onion and potato prices has once again

British Apples & Pears to start publishing monthly sales data February 2023