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South African potato consumption doubles in 10 years

At the inaugural State of the Potato address, new Potatoes SA CEO Willie Jacobs told delegates that South Africans have eaten twice as many potatoes over the past decade.…

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Value of some Egyptian exports increased during February 2021: fresh fruits up 23.1%

Egypt’s trade deficit decreased 1.2% in February 2021 to $3.34 bln, compared to the $3.38 bln reported for February 2020. The value of exports decreased by 2%…

South Africa: Transnet Port Terminals to deploy new version of container terminal OS

Within a few weeks, state-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) will launch a new version of its container terminal operating system, Navis Sparcs N4. According…

Global onion trade moves online

The 2000’s kicked off the cloud computing revolution in technology companies by introducing a pay-as-you-go model for web services, which significantly lowered the entry…

Tramper Technology

South African division of Tramper Technology increases local and international presence

Multinational manufacturing company Tramper Technology from the Netherlands markets, manufactures and services a broad range of customized packaging machines, as well as…

New citrus varieties obtained by INRA Morocco

A call for competition to grow the new citrus varieties obtained by INRA Morocco. According to Agrimaroc, several new hybrid rootstocks have been obtained by…

Adriatic port of Koper gets ready for promising Egyptian grape season

Tuesday 11th May, a very first shipment of 20 containers with grapes sailed from Damietta towards Koper. The grape season in Egypt has started and the season…

Rwanda ready to access the untapped potential of macadamia nuts

As the global demand for macadamia outweighs the available supply, there is a business opportunity that Rwandans are ready to tap into. As Rwanda looks to…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 07-05-2020)

Week 18 avocado supply from Spain at 971,000 cartons

The Spanish supply of avocados in week 18 amounted to 971,000 cartons, of which only 2,000 cartons were greenskins. Israel shipped over Hass avocados only, for a total of…

Nico Veldhoen, Staay Food Group, the Netherlands

"Peach, nectarine shortage should become apparent from week 26"

The new Spanish stone fruit season has begun at the Staay Food Group. This Dutch company's been a major player in this product sector for years. "The season should be…

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

Progene Seed, advanced breeding

Watermelon varieties suitable not only for the Mediterranean climate

"Thanks to the most advanced techniques of varietal selection, alongside the traditional methods, we are increasingly asserting ourselves on the market with important…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Speedpacker

The world’s first avocado packing robot

Nature’s Pride has the first operational avocado packing robot in the world. This innovation, called the Speedpacker, packs avocados ergonomically and efficiently without…

FoodtradeHub

B2B trade network event for fresh produce

Following the success of the Foodeshow, Jalal Benbrahim and Heuda Guessous, co-founders of JBHG Ltd, have decided to launch a new networking platform for fresh produce and…

Canadian cherry growers eye a sizable crop for 2021

Canadian cherry growers anticipate a much better season than 2020’s. “We have a huge blossom here in the South Okanagan. With a few cold nights there was some frost damage.…

medFEL publishes estimates of the area of melons

On Tuesday 11 May, medFEL held a webinar* presenting estimates for melon plantings in Morocco, France and Spain. In summary, the melon area in Morocco remains stable, there is…

“Waste can be reduced by 1/3”

Innovative pineapple peeling method is suitable for retail chains

Japan has long been the second-largest export market for Taiwanese pineapples just after mainland China. The General Administration Customs China (GACC) announced that the…

Freight rates becoming a concern

Another season of strong demand anticipated for Vidalias

Following the April 19 start to the Vidalia onion season, supplies are currently abundant. “We’re in our fresh season as harvest continues and we have all sizes available,”…

"When we have got an oversupply or when we can't find product, they have suppliers on their doorsteps."

South Australian Produce Market strengthens relationship with major supermarket chain

South Australian Produce Market (SAPM) has re-signed a long-term agreement with a major independent retail chain, Drakes Supermarkets in the state, which will see the retailer…

First Korean export of Jeju lemons to Hong Kong

According to the Eastern Agricultural Technology Center of the Jeju Agricultural Research & Extension Services, it is exporting Jeju lemons to Hong Kong for…

The first shipments are destined for the United States

Chile kicks off the clementine season

Asoex's Citrus Committee reported that Chile made its first shipments of clementines in week 15 and that the country had shipped 573 tons by week 17. By the…

Kuehne+Nagel completes acquisition of Apex - becoming market leader on the transpacific route

Kuehne+Nagel has completed the acquisition of Apex International Corporation, following the satisfaction of all closing conditions, including the receipt of unconditional…

The 2021 Australian Banana Industry Congress launches in Cairns

Australian banana grower's premier event has been launched in Cairns, which is being seen as an opportunity to re-energise the industry after the past twelve months, which has…

Hapag-Lloyd with a strong start to the year in first quarter

Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first quarter of 2021 with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of roughly USD 1.9 billion (approximately EUR…

Open Calls for proposals in the BreedingValue project: European berry breeders invited to apply for funding

The EU-funded research project BreedingValue, focusing on genetic resources in berries, has launched the first Open Calls for proposals. The Open Calls are a mechanism to…

Expanding into imaging technology

Apeel makes first acquisition

Apeel announced its acquisition of ImpactVision for an undisclosed amount. ImpactVision’s hyperspectral imaging technology is soon to be integrated into Apeel application…

Asaja Almeria: "Trade agreements should be adapted to European production costs"

The area devoted to tomatoes in Almeria fell by 16% in the last 9 years

According to the data provided by Asaja Almeria, the Andalusian province has lost 16% of the surface destined to the production of tomatoes in greenhouses in…

PML’s solution to border control delays now operational

Following a delay of over three months caused by the pandemic, PML’s venture with FreshLinc to operate a remote HMRC / DEFRA approved Border Control Post (BCP) and ERT (bonded…

Retail

Dreamstime

Dingdong Maicai has raised $330mln

Ahold Delhaize has reported better than expected Q1 sales

Sweden: ICA sees sales decline of 1.7% in AprilSwedish retailer ICA Gruppen has reported a sales decline of 1.7% in April 2021 compared with the corresponding month last year.…

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