Abrafrutas participates in MacFrut
Starting today, the Brazilian Association of Producers and Exporters of Fruit and Derivatives (ABRAFRUTAS) will be present at MacFrut 2023. A leading fair for professionals working in the national

The earliest netted melon in Europe is now available
"For those who do not know, Sicily is the European region where netted melons are harvested first, so it is necessary to pay attention to the origin of produce along the chain, if we want to

Fresh Produce India kicks off
Fresh Produce India 2023 gets underway on Wednesday 3 May with the first session, ‘India’s future in focus’, held live online at 1:00pm IST (India Standard Time). You can register for free

Georgia imports the highest volumes of seed potatoes in eight years
EastFruit reviews Georgian trade data with seed potatoes. As reported earlier by EastFruit, many local farmers have switched to onions for the new season as in the last season the onions from the

"Bad weather hindering Spanish stone fruit sales"
Van Dijk Foods has had Spanish stone fruit for three weeks now. "That's when the first supply from the south of Spain arrived, and the fruit looks good. The warm Spanish weather means the stone

"South Africa has good citrus crop, but also many hurdles to overcome"
The arrival of the first grapefruit and mandarins heralds the start of the South African citrus season at Origin Fruit Direct in the Netherlands. The first lemons are also expected by the end of

Italy's apple and strawberry variety innovation to be presented at Macfrut
The CIV - Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti Scarl of San Giuseppe di Comacchio (FE) in Italy will be present from 03 to 05 May with its own stand within the common space of the participants in the

Ecuadorian industry sees banana recovery in the first quarter
The Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE) released data on the numbers of boxes sent to the markets. Between January, February and March, 96.03 million boxes were exported. In those

Portugal: Police find 4.2 tons of cocaine in banana shipment
Yesterday, Portuguese authorities announced they had seized 4.2 tons of cocaine hidden in pallets of bananas from Colombia. According to Vitor Ananias, criminal investigation coordinator at the

"Despite EUR 1.25 daily market price, pear demand continues well”
"A madhouse" is how Emanuel Sluis of the Dutch trading platform Service2Fruit describes the way the pear market is currently developing. "Up to €1.25 is being paid on the daily market; that's