Useful trading tools for companies involved in fruit, vegetable, and nut production, exports, imports and processing
EastFruit team offers lots of instruments for market linkages, which many might not be aware of. They will help you find buyers for your products or suppliers if you are looking for fresh, frozen,

Australia: Good negotiating basis for apple and pear producers
Flooding in the eastern states in late 2022 and two major hail events in the Goulburn Valley will impact this year's apple and pear crop in the domestic market, according to APAL's announcement.

Stronger prices on offer for Australian apple and pear growers
The effects of adverse weather will be evident in the 2023 Australian apple and pear crop, according to the latest forecast from industry body Apple and Pear Australia (APAL). Chief executive

Eastern buyers prefer the taste of South African Grannies
Richaardt Lingenfelder is a third generation farmer next to the Theewaterskloof, South Africa’s fourth largest dam (built on land that previously belonged to their family). The Theewaterskloof

Wschodni nabywcy wolą smak południowoafrykańskich babć
Richaardt Lingenfelder jest rolnikiem w trzecim pokoleniu obok Theewaterskloof, czwartej co do wielkości tamy w RPA (zbudowanej na ziemi, która wcześniej należała do ich rodziny).

Gross apple production expected to be down 7.9% from 2022
Heading into the 2023 harvest, the adverse flooding in the eastern states in late 2022 and two significant hail events in the Goulburn Valley will no doubt impact the supply of apples and pears in

Восточные покупатели предпочитают вкус южноафриканских бабушек
Ричардт Лингенфельдер - фермер в третьем поколении, живущий рядом с четвертой по величине в Южной Африке

“I had to miss out on numerous opportunities due to smaller sized harvest”
As predicted, large sized citrus has been hard to come by in Egypt. Mostafa Ali, commercial manager for Egyptian fresh produce exporter Rula for Land Reclamation says: “At the moment, there is

Rise in shipments of Ecuador banana
Ecuador’s banana exports rose by almost 8% year-on-year in January to 35.01 million boxes. According to AEBE data, the main markets were the European Union (30.16%), Russia (24.27%) and the

Brak nadwyżki podaży południowoafrykańskich Satsumas
Pierwsze Satsumas są zbierane w Limpopo i Eastern Cape, ale ilości z północy kraju wydają się być zmniejszone przez duże ilości opadów tego lata, co spowodowało puszyste

No oversupply of South African Satsumas
The first Satsumas are being harvested in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape, but volumes from the north of the country appear to have been reduced by the high amounts of rainfall this summer, resulting

“Fruit industry in the Eastern Cape is facing a perfect storm”
This weekend the Langkloof, straddling the Eastern and Western Cape, had hail for the third time this summer over an area extending through almost the entire valley from Avontuur and Uniondale in

"Przemysł owocowy w Eastern Cape stoi w obliczu idealnej burzy"
W ten weekend w Langkloof, leżącym na granicy Przylądka Wschodniego i Zachodniego, po raz trzeci tego lata wystąpił grad na obszarze rozciągającym się przez prawie całą

Harsh season for frozen plum producers in Eastern Europe – causes and consequences
“Stanley” plum variety is the most purchased variety of frozen plums in Europe, so the start of its season was expected by all freezing enterprises. By the way, the variety is sold

Macfrut 2023 strengthens foreign participation
The last stage of the international presentations of Macfrut, the fair for the fruit and vegetable sector that will be held at the Rimini Expo Centre (Italy) from 3 to 5 May and which has visited

US: Indoor grower adds four new regional salad greenhouse hubs
BrightFarms is expanding with four new regional greenhouse hubs offering sustainably grown leafy greens to more people across the Eastern and Central U.S. The new locations will begin shipping to

Macfrut 2023 strengthens participation from abroad
The last stage of the international presentations of Macfrut, the fair for the fruit and vegetable sector that will be held at the Rimini Expo Centre (Italy) from the 3rd to the 5th of May and

Indoor grower adds four new regional salad greenhouse hubs
BrightFarms is expanding with four new regional greenhouse hubs offering sustainably grown leafy greens to more people across the Eastern and Central U.S. The new locations will begin shipping to

"I'm from Greece's horticultural region"
Thanos Motsiopoulos has been back and forth between the Netherlands and Greece his whole life. Although born and raised in the Netherlands, he lived in Greece from 2008 to 2019. There, Thanos

Brexit has boosted trade at French and Irish ports
Rain or shine, Colm Lambert likes to sit on a bench overlooking Rosslare port on the south-eastern tip of Ireland and watch the new freight ships and passenger ferries sailing in from the Irish

Eastern Europe: Overview of the regional onion market
Participants of the fruit and vegetable market accepted the fact that wholesale prices for onions in Ukraine reached $1/kg, as EastFruit analysts forecasted back in mid-January. This happened in

Croatia: Fruit and vegetable distribution centre opens in Osijek
Croatia’s first distribution centre for fruit and vegetables worth €14.6 million opened this week near Osijek, eastern Croatia, the Osijek-Baranja county government said. The centre covers

Ecuadorean banana exports to the Middle East increase
According to data from the Statistical Observatory of Bananas (OEB), the main Middle Eastern destinations for the country's bananas between January and December 2022 were Turkey with a 33.38%