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Venezuela: Unconfirmed Fusarium alert worries banana sector

The Fusarium Race 4 has once again put the region on alert, this time due to an unconfirmed alarm of the presence of the fungus in Venezuela. On April 7, there…

The United States was the main destination for Peruvian fresh onions in the first quarter of 2021

According to data from Agrodata, Peru exported 68,706,693 kilos of fresh onions in the first quarter of the year for a FOB value of 24,564,068 dollars. The…

Dominican Republic suspends imports from Colombia and Peru due to banana fungus

The Ministry of Agriculture from the Dominican Republic has stated it has adopted a series of preventive measures to protect local banana production from a…

Ecuador's banana sector seeks to strengthen its relationship with Asia

The Ecuadorian banana sector demonstrated its resilience capacity in 2020, growing by 5.6% despite the issues brought by the global health crisis. However, as…

U.S. potato industry celebrates Mexico’s Supreme Court decision overturning decades-long ban on U.S. fresh potato imports

On April 28, 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled by a unanimous vote of five to zero in favor of overturning a 2017 lower court decision that prevented the…

Colombian frozen avocado reaches Burger King and 7-Eleven chains in Japan

On April 27, three containers with Colombian frozen avocado arrived in Japan, ready to be consumed by customers of the Burger King and 7-Eleven chains in that…

Shipments grew by 23.2% in volume and by 27.7% in value

Peruvian frozen strawberry exports increased in 2020

Peruvian frozen strawberry exports registered a considerable increase in 2020 over the previous year. The country exported 19,957,374 kilos worth 38,123,974…

La Unió to request citrus import ban from Argentina if 5 or more interceptions are detected in a month

La Unió de Llauradors stated that the European Commission had decided to allow imports of oranges and lemons from Argentina to the European Union since May 1,…

Demand for mangoes a lot better than it was in 2020

“We are facing some problems with shipping out mangoes to the United States”

Indian mangoes are currently not able to be exported to the United States. Travel restrictions make it impossible for the required inspections by an USDA/APHIS officer to take…

Arrival of California cherries in Vietnam creates a frenzy

Cherry harvest is starting to ramp up in the early growing regions in California. “Yesterday was the first big day for picking for us,” says Tad Brusseau with Sutherland, S.A.…

Special South Africa

2020/21 – what a year for the UK and international fresh produce sector

What next for South Africa?

2020/21 will be a period we won’t forget in a hurry in the international fresh produce sector or for that matter for any other part of our lives. In the UK, we have had to…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Four fresh produce applications where retail-ready packaging is gaining ground

A new Freedonia Group analysis projects retail-ready boxes to be one of the fastest growing packaging types used in the fresh produce industry through 2024,…

Dutch wholesaler and Belgian cooperative introduce new TOV packaging

Dutch wholesaler De Groot Fruit & Vegetables will begin selling Cuisinesse TOVs today. Tomeco grows these flavor tomatoes in Belgium for Coöperatie Hoogstraten. De Groot and…

Wild mushroom crop behind in the Northwest

Specialty mushroom supplies are good but that's not the case with wild mushrooms. Joe Salvo of Ponderosa Mushrooms in Maple Ridge, BC says specialty mushrooms such as King…

Alain Alarcón, Banagrumes:

“Strong increase in tonnage on the French banana market in recent years”

The banana market, and more precisely the Rungis market, is not doing as well as it should be at this time of year. “The market is still correct,” according to Alain Alarcón,…

Pomegranate processing system improved

Pomegranates are healthy but messy and labor-intensive to process. It is therefore often overlooked in the fresh fruit and vegetable processing world. This product needs a…

Tommaso Concari (Op Bristol) on melon and watermelon cultivations in central-northern Italy

"We will lose earliness of the crop compared to 2020, but frost damage is limited"

"With regard to the cold weather recorded from 6 to 8 April and from 12 to 14 April 2021, with temperatures well below zero, as a producer's organization with members divided…

Interview with Federico Baraldi, CEO at Isolagrande

Should brand and value be guaranteed by big retail chains?

Brand and value are concepts the international fresh produce sector cannot ignore, however different markets may have different approaches when it comes to consumers, who…

Prices usually increase this time of year

Polish apple prices have dropped slightly over past three weeks

The nights of frost have not had any impact for the new Polish apple season. Fruit trees have not yet bloomed, which means they can’t be damaged by cold weather just yet.…

South African grapefruit growers flatten the curve through an early start

There will be enough grapefruit for all markets during the six-month period that South Africa is the lone grapefruit supplier, and the internal quality conforms to market…

Increased competition from Eastern Europe

Apple exports humming along despite unique commodity challenges

Apple exports from Washington are moving well on the state’s smaller crop. “We’re in good shape on exports right now. As far as movement, there are a lot of places where…

Grower-shipper partnership allows for first foray into California avocados

Marking a year of striving toward and strengthening synergies since Oppy acquired a 65 percent stake in Eco Farms last spring, the duo is now bringing California avocados —…

Ports brace for ‘tsunami of freight’

US importers face even more extreme delays ahead as container capacity maxes out

At this point in time, the number of container ships stuck at anchor off Los Angeles and Long Beach is down to around 20 per day. That number was about 30 a few months ago.…

Pepper processing line

From raw pepper to fresh convenience product

In the autumn of 2020, Sormac installed a complete pepper processing line at Heemskerk fresh & easy in Rijnsburg, the Netherlands. The line processes no less than 1,500 kg…

Greenyard Fresh UK signs agreement with Produce Logistics

Greenyard Fresh UK and logistics and fresh produce packing specialists, Produce Logistics, have signed an agreement which launches a closer collaboration between the two…

Pro Carton and ECMA demystify SUPD, PPWD and EGD legislation in a new joint webinar

Join a special webinar that will take the confusion out of key European legislation and explain what it means in practice for the paper-based packaging…

New edible coating uses nano emulsion technology to maximize produce freshness

AgroFresh launches “Life Ultra” edible coating as it expands its VitaFresh™ Botanicals Plant-based platform

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. announced the launch of VitaFresh™ Botanicals – Life Ultra, a plant-based, edible coating to keep produce fresh and reduce food loss…

Taiwan mango prices up due to drought and disease

Prices for Taiwan’s Irwin mangoes are expected to increase by up to 30% because of limited harvests in the wake of the island’s worst drought in more than 50…

Integrated Farm Assurance Standard applied to Walmart pollinator commitments

Over the past year, The Sustainability Consortium has hosted a working group to harmonize criteria for Responsible Pest Management (RPM) best practices in…

Fruit importer/exporter launches multi-use app

Salix Fruits, fresh fruit import and export company, celebrates its 10th anniversary by launching an app that has been developed with Lyncros, a software factory for mobile…

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Magnit: Like-for-like sales up in Q1

Harris Farm Markets: First store for the Gold Coast

Australia: Woolworths fails to impress with April showing over ColesAustralia’s biggest supermarket chain Woolworths Group offered a less upbeat reading of sales so far in…

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