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Exports of Moroccan tomatoes for this season are behind last year´s levels. So far, a total of 517,000 tons of tomatoes (all varieties combined) have been exported this year – […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Chile’s cherry production is expected to be up this year thanks to ideal weather conditions during the growing season. Forecasts are for a rise of 30% on last year’s levels. […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Although most fresh cherries sold in the US are produced domestically market, average imports between 2010 and 2016 reached 14.8 million kg, up from the 2000-09 average of 10.4 million […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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As the Brazilian fruit export season gets underway, the latest container statistics for the Europe-East Coast South America trade indicate a strengthening of the southbound market, while the long-time downwards […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Compared with the previous year, 2017 has been a disappointing year so far for Peruvian asparagus exports. Following a sluggish start to the year, exports eventually started to pick up […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Commercial apple production in the EU for 2017/18 is expected to fall to 9.2 million tons, representing an 18% (or 2.09 million ton) drop from 2016/17. This figure will constitute […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Between 2004, when there was 28,500 ha of organic citrus fruit grown worldwide and 2015, the area more than doubled to nearly 71,000 ha. This latest figure constitutes 0.6% of […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Lessons learnt from last year’s challenges for Zespri Gold producers With the European SunGold season drawing to a close, producers of Zespri Global Supply (ZGS) can look back on a […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Spanish orange prices remained high throughout the 2016/17 campaign Starting in October 2016 at €0.57/kg, by August 2017 they were as high as €0.69/kg. Although average monthly prices across the […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Italian production accounted for 56% of the grapes on the German market, followed by Turkish (225%) and Greek (12.9%) products. Price levels for Italian grapes were higher than the 5-year […]
Tue 07/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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In contrast with other food products, the average price of fruit and vegetables in the EU fell during the year between August 2016 and August 2017. Vegetable prices fell by […]
Tue 07/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Average tomato prices across the EU were well above average throughout the entire 2017 season, starting at €1.44/kg in January (as opposed to the 5-year average price of €0.93) and […]
Tue 07/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
