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Top 5 - last week
- "Prices of transport per container create new opportunities for oranges"
- "People consume about 40% more fruit if it's peeled and sliced"
- Germany: “Younger generation prefers ecological packaging”
- Modified atmosphere packaging for the retail market
- China set to become the world's largest market for blueberries
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The French Government is preparing a bill that aims to put an end to the current price war between supermarkets and ensure growers receive more money, as reported by the National Federation of Agricultural Operators (FNSEA), the sector's main union in the country.Its president, Christiane Lambert, stated in an.....

57% of the oranges exported by the European Union (EU) in 2016 came from Spain, which shipped 1.6 million tonnes of the 2.7 million exported by EU countries that year, as reported by the Statistical Office Eurostat.Spain also accounts for approximately half of the EU's total acreage devoted to the production.....

Spain, the only producer of avocados in Europe, brings to the market around 80,000 tons of this fruit each year. The fruit, which is mainly grown in Malaga and the coast of Granada, is exported to the rest of the continent, especially to France, England and Germany. It is a good business and generates good.....

Dutch operator Seatrade Groningen is set to commission a vessel purpose-built for the transportation of both frozen and fresh orange juice. David Tinsley reports.The 4,600dwt Juice Express has been constructed in China by Guangxin Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry using a design and engineering package.....





















Costa Rica will close this year with a record in banana exports, both in volume and in revenues. Jorge Sauma, the general manager of the National Banana Corporation, expects total exports by the end of 2017 to have reached about 125 million boxes [of 18.14 kilograms each].It is also estimated that -for the.....






According to the Agrodata Peru website, Peruvian banana exports between January and November 2017 amounted to US $133,198,390, i.e. 4.73% less than the US $ 139,804,013 achieved in the same period of 2016.The website also stated that in the first eleven months of 2017 Peru shipped 181,123,663 tons of bananas,.....
The manager of Agricultural exports of the Association of Exporters (ADEX), Paula Carrion Tello, stated that grapes were Peru's most exported fruit, and that Piura's grape production was equalling that of Ica, a region that has stood out as the main supplier of the local and international markets for many.....
Papaya, cucumber, cilantro, jalapeño peppers, and tomatoes are some of the Mexican products that the United States has included in a list of restrictions due to alleged health risks.Avocados, however, are treated with a disinfectant formula based on hibiscus flowers, as Mexico exports seven out of 10 of these.....




Rwanda has banned the import of meat, dairy products, vegetables and fruit from South Africa because of the purported presence of the listeriosis viral disease. The ban, aimed to prevent the spread of the disease to Rwanda, became effective on December 19th 2017.Listeriosis is a serious, but treatable and.....
Algeria's foreign trade deficit declined significantly in 2017 as a result of recovering oil prices. The expected drop in imports however did not materialize, despite the extension of quantitative quotas and the establishment of banking measures.Algeria’s imports declined by little more than 1 billion dollars.....




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The first estimates reveal that the total production of bagged white table grapes has fallen by 20 percent this year compared to the previous one, mostly as a result of heavy rains in September, the scarcity and poor quality of irrigation water and the stress caused by the drought that the production area has.....
Exports from the Spanish agro-food sector to Canada grew by 38.4% between January and September 2017, reaching 194.4 million Canadian dollars (151.6 million US dollars) thanks, in part, to the rising popularity of the fruit in this market, which has learned to appreciate its quality.The chief counsellor of the.....




