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China and Spain this week signed a phytosanitary protocol opening the Chinese market to imports of Spanish plums, peaches, nectarines and saturn (flat) peaches. The first Spanish exports, probably by […]
Thu 14/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Food City, the first Russian agricultural cluster, located at the edge of Moscow (ring road), has been operating for a year now. It covers an area of 91 ha, and […]
Wed 13/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Nearly a third of France’s fruit and vegetable imports (from Europe and other countries), and a quarter of its exports, move through Saint Charles International. France imports nearly €4.9 billion […]
Tue 12/04/2016 by Pierre Escodo
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While the melon season is still a long way off in the Northern Hemisphere, in other parts of the world it is already in full swing due to more favourable […]
Thu 07/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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A fresh wind is blowing through Veronamercato, the fruit and vegetable wholesale market of the city of Verona. Since summer 2015 this organisation has been headed by a new chairman, […]
Thu 07/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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With 1.7 million tons sold in 2015, Mercabarna has positioned itself as Europe’s top fruit and vegetable market Part of this success is thanks to the market’s operators exporting to […]
Mon 04/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Retail sales of fresh stone fruit in the United States have slumped 5.6% in value year-on-year, bringing the total spend in this category down $51.8 million to a total of […]
Fri 01/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The UK is a strategically important global market undergoing changes which offer opportunities for well informed suppliers. That was among the messages from retail analyst John Giles in his presentation “Discounters […]
Fri 01/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Chilean lemons would be allowed into the US without needing methyl bromide fumigation under a change being considered by the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Aphis). Fumigation is […]
Fri 01/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Less than one in ten fresh apples eaten in the United States in the last five years was grown abroad, figures from a USDA report show. That’s up from an […]
Fri 01/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Last year was a bumper one for the New Zealand kiwifruit industry with production up 30% to 475,000 tons, exports up 31% to 454,000 tons, and FOB export receipts up […]
Thu 31/03/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Amid a boom in demand for the baby version, Spain is calling for a change to the trade standard for avocados. It says many Spanish companies are now trading in mini […]
Tue 22/03/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
