Washington Apple Commission announces staff changes
International Marketing Director Rebecca Lyons announced her June 30 retirement at the March 30 Washington Apple Commission Board of Directors meeting. Lyons, who started at the Commission in

Huge impact of invasion on Ecuador’s banana exports to Ukraine
Only 13,060 boxes were sent to Ukraine this February compared to last year’s 1,566,944 boxes, underlining the impact of the war and the wider impact on the international community. Meanwhile,

"We have obtained preservative sales qualifications in many places globally"
Recently, Shandong Aoweite Biotechnology Co., Ltd., a Chinese preservative manufacturer, announced that the company has obtained sales qualifications in multiple markets in Europe, North America,

First large batches of onions of a new harvest became available on the wholesale markets of Uzbekistan
At the end of March 2023, EastFruit wrote about the beginning of the harvest of early winter onions in the southernmost region of Uzbekistan. As we forecast in the article, a week later, the first

Tym razem ceny bananów w dół
Ostatni miesiąc przyniósł spadki cen bananów w polskim hurcie. Były one konsekwencją obniżenia cen importowych tych owoców, co widać w danych statystycznych

Avocados Australia clarifies misinformation concerning the current price of avocados
Recent media articles have stated that avocados are currently retailing at prices as low as 80 cents each in Australia, and John Tyas, the Chief Executive Officer of Avocados Australia, was

One in three UK packagers unaware of new sustainability rules
A study by OPRL and Packaging News, with input from Defra, indicates that as many as a third of packaging producers in the UK are not aware of their obligations in relation to the new Extended