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The municipal council of Castro del Rio has asked the Spanish government to restrict olive tree imports from Morocco due to the “serious” phytosanitary threat they represent. For several years […]
Mon 11/06/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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A severe drought is currently affecting South Africa’s Western Cape region, which accounts for around 80% of the country’s apple and pear production. The lack of winter rainfall in 2017 […]
Wed 23/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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South Africa has approximately 650 table grape producers, almost all of which are conventional growers. More than 150 of them, or 20%, attended a conference on May 10th on the […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has expressed its confidence that the Spanish Government will promote initiatives aimed at further toughening phytosanitary controls in the EU in order to minimise […]
Tue 10/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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This is set to be a good year for Morocco’s citrus growers, with exports at their highest levels for two decades (around 680,000 tons). This follows a 2016-2017 campaign in […]
Tue 10/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Morocco’s citrus production continues to increase. Expert forecasts for the country’s 2017-18 crop indicate a 3% rise in volumes, to 2.3 million tons. According to the secretary-general of the Moroccan […]
Tue 03/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Antwerp and Dakar port authorities are to collaborate more closely in the next few years. In this way Antwerp, the second-largest port in Europe, seeks to reinforce its historic position […]
Mon 05/03/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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In a bid to reduce the country’s trade deficit, Algeria has announced a ban on imports of 900 products, according to the Algerian Ministry of Commerce. The ban covering products […]
Mon 12/02/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Cameroon’s leading banana producer Plantations du Haut-Penja (PHP), the Cameroonian subsidiary of Compagnie Fruitière, has reported a turnover for 2017 of €110 million. This represents a fall of €10 million […]
Mon 12/02/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) has announced estimates for the season in progress of between 12.2% and 18% lower than the 2016/2017 season. The loss in production is […]
Mon 22/01/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
Poor weather conditions have led to estimates of Morocco’s citrus exports for the 2017/18 season to be revised downward. The high summer temperatures negatively impacted the flowering and fruiting stages […]
Tue 16/01/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Senegalese exports of fruit and vegetable produce totaled 106,200 tons in 2017, a jump of 16.7% compared to the 91,000 tons shipped the previous year. This confirms the dynamic picture […]
Thu 11/01/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
