Red- and blackcurrant season kicks off in Ukraine
This week Ukrainian farmers have shipped their first relatively large batches of red- and blackcurrants, as reported by EastFruit. Despite rather long and cold spring, the current season started

Przetwórcy ziemniaków w UE czekają na nadejście nowych zbiorów
Przetwórcy ziemniaków nadal stoją przed wyzwaniami związanymi z pozyskiwaniem materiałów, a ograniczona podaż, którą mogą zapewnić, ma wysoką cenę. Mintec Benchmark Prices for

Higher garlic prices this year
Last week, the garlic division of the Spanish growers' association Asaja reported that about 30% of the garlic in its fields won't be harvested due to the impact of the persistent rains recorded

Continuous rains affect Navi Mumbai onion prices
Traders at the onion and potato market of the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Vashi have incurred huge losses when tons of onions got soaked in rain. Most of the goods could no

"Zaltbommel and Service2Fruit joining forces to get the best prices for growers from the market"
Unburdening is key to Veiling Zaltbommel's philosophy. This Dutch cooperative considers both the buyer and the grower in several ways. For example, growers were recently offered a switching

"South African organic sweet potatoes are of excellent quality"
South African Cape Sweet organic sweet potatoes are widely available at the Dutch company Organic Cape again. "These sweet potatoes are of excellent quality. Once harvested, they're kept in cold

Italian pears, the gates of China open
A protocol on the export of pears to China was signed yesterday morning at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry between the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and

LUNA ucr, the new Hass avocado variety
Eurosemillas presented last week, in front of more than a hundred large Californian avocado growers and at the University of California Riverside (UCR) agricultural extension facilities, the BL516

Green Motion presents Luna UCR to California growers
More than 100 California avocado growers attended an event at University California Riverside (UCR) last week for the launch of a new avocado variety developed by Eurosemillas. BL516, which will

Flat nectarine snack Ondine debuts in large-scale retail stores
Ondine, the premium, flat, white-fleshed nectarine from Mazzoni Group, officially presented at Macfrut, is ready to make its official debut in the national large-scale retail trade. It will be on

Saint Lucia sees tropical storm Bret destroying more than 75% of banana crops
More than 75% of Saint Lucia’s banana and plantain crops were destroyed as Tropical Storm Bret hit the island on June 22. Minister for Agriculture Alfred Prospere has stated that in recent

The Warehouse expands fresh produce trial
The Warehouse has announced it will be expanding its fresh fruit and vegetable trial to a further five stores and three new regions across New Zealand. Manukau, Te Rapa (Hamilton), Fraser Cove

Information-packed programme at Asia Fruit Logistica
Visitors and exhibitors at Asia Fruit Logistica 2023 in Hong Kong can look forward to a wide-ranging event programme packed with information and insights. Asiafruit Congress and Asiafruit Business

Plums from France: "2023 will be a decisive year for the industry".
"The 2023 campaign announces itself with a great potential to be exploited", stressed Joël Boyer, President of the French plum association AOPn Prune at the General Assembly in Moissac

Asoex mulls impact of heavy rain
Asoex is assessing damage to fruit production in Central and South Chile caused by recent heavy rains. The association said it is looking at the impact on water storage and irrigation

How are apples sold in India? (photos)
India imports about 300 thousand tons of fresh apples annually India is one of the most important markets for all apple exporting countries, since this country imports about 400 thousand tons of

Fruit exports from Mexico up 4.7 percent
From January to May 2023, the volume of fruit exports from Mexico increased 4.7 percent year-on-year. It reached to 1,887.000 tons, but their commercial value dropped 5 percent to 4,591 million

31% of the tomatoes sold in the first quarter of the year in the EU came from Morocco
A report prepared by Hortoinfo with data from the EuroStacom statistical services (ICEX-Eurostat) reveals that 31% of the tomatoes sold in the first quarter of the year in the EU came from Morocco

Цены на помидоры почти удвоились за одну неделю
В магазинах Safal компании Mother Dairy цены на помидоры выросли почти на 100% за последнюю неделю. На рынке Дели-НКР

Chile struggles with impact of heavy rains after years of drought
Asoex is currently assessing the impact on water storage and irrigation infrastructure and evaluating support measures for fruit-growing areas in central and southern Chile affected by the rain,

Fruit24!', the Apo Conerpo project returns
Increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables is a key step in improving the competitiveness of the fruit and vegetable sector: and with greater awareness of the role of fruit and vegetables

Georgia’s trade with fresh apples is almost a repeat of the previous season
We are nearing the end of the 22-23 apple season and EastFruit analysts look at Georgia’s trade statistics. Apple export volumes and prices in US Dollars are quite similar to numbers from the

US consumers paying over 22% more for their fruit than in 2019
In the US, households are spending over 20% more for the same fruits and vegetables than they were in 2019. This is the finding of a study by Category Partners based on four years of Nielsen IQ