Italy ranks first among European Union countries, accounting for 21% of its vegetables.

Close behind comes Spain with 20%, according to data for 2007-2009 from Italy’s CSO (Horticultural Services Center). In the last decade, Italian horticultural ...

Brazil has become the largest Southern Hemisphere importer and its imports are still rising by 28% in value.

Imports have grown by 20.27% in volume and 28.3% in value compared to 2009, up from 311 thousand tonnes to 374 thousand and from 282.2 ...

Despite a healthy flow of global fresh produce traffic, it hasn’t been plain sailing for the shipping sector in recent times.

The seafreight sector provides the fresh produce industry with reliable, efficient transportation. However, lacklustre ...

Nordic states of Europe maintain stable growth in all value segments, mostly in Ethical and Organic.

Scandinavia consists of 3 countries: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. All 3 share a common history and languages similar enough to be mutually understandable. ...

Fruit and vegetable imports into Russia come to about US$ 6 billion.
“The Russian climate is harsh but enables many types of vegetables and fruit to be grown in most of the country,” explains Tatiana Getman, head of the project APK-Inform: Fruit and ...

With the strictest European quality standards, Belgian produce is still increasing exports despite the recent EHEC incident.
A slight increase in exports of fresh vegetables and fresh fruit from Belgium Worldwide was again seen in 2011 compared to ...