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The sales of Chengmai pineapples blew up this year. According to the Chengmai County Pineapple Industry Association the harvest from more than 1,333 hectares of pineapple plantations in Chengmai recently entered the market. The overall sales volume reached 60 million kg. Chengmai plantations had a slightly.....
According to William Daga Avalos, a specialist in fruit trees of Sierra and Selva Exportadora, Peru currently has about 5 thousand hectares of passion fruit installed, mainly in Lambayeque (Motupe, Chiclayo, Jayanca), La Libertad (Viru), Ancash (Huarmey, Casma, Santa), and Lima (Barranca, Huacho).Daga Avalos.....
"Cinco de Mayo is the most important celebration of our Mexican brothers living in the US and the second largest sales date for our avocado," stated Avocados From Mexico, which is preparing its Cinco Delicioso (Delicious Cinco) campaign.As part of this effort, the retail promotion will be designed to inspire.....
Coconut production in the state of Veracruz has fallen by 99 percent due to the lethal yellowing disease and a complete lack of replanting, said the representative of the Coastal Society of Mexico and Coordinator of the National Council of Producers in the State, Carmen Belen Lihaut Sequera.She also stated.....
Up until 2015 there were about 90 mango producing countries. Geographically speaking, mango plantations begin as far north as south Sichuan in China and go as far south as South America, an area that stretches across 30 degrees of latitude. Asia is the largest mango producing region in this area, with a.....
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This year's Andalusian mango production amounted to almost 23,700 tonnes, which is 12 percent more than last season, according to data from the Prices and Markets Observatory of the Council of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of Andalusia.The entry into production of new plantations (around 15.....
The President of the Baluarte Presidio Committee, Ismael Diaz, said that it would be a very difficult year for mango production in the south of the State.He said that the best expectation was rescuing 50 percent of the production once the season ends in mid-August.He also stated that there were already 3 years.....
Most of the coconuts on the Chinese market are produced in Hainan. They can be eaten in any season of the year, but the tastiest and the most mature harvests are in July and August. In fact, coconuts can also be divided into green and red.This week, the price of coconuts at the Wanbang market showed a downward.....
With the planting of some 560 hectares of different avocado varieties to replace imports, Honduras plans to reach some 5,000 hectares devoted to this crop.The facilitator of the avocado chain of the Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), Jose Antonio Romero Santos, said that China, Taiwan, was currently.....
The producers from Ciego de Avila are working on an ambitious project to have more than 17,000 hectares of tropical fruits before the end of 2020 and to duplicate the current plantations of pineapple, guava, and mango.At the end of last year there were more than nine thousand hectares of these species in Ciego.....
Lychee prices have gradually increased every year since 2009, and this development has sped up in the last two years. This makes people hopeful for lychee prospects this year. The major production areas in Hainan, Guangxi, and Guangdong all enjoy an excellent season. More than 90% of the flowers had blossomed.....
Senegal has announced that mango exports have increased from 6,000 tons in 2013 to 21,000 tons in 2017. During the last three years, 100,000 tons of horticultural produce was also exported, mainly to the EU market.
As part of a continuing effort to strengthen its position in the global avocado marketplace, Mission Produce today announced the launch of ‘Avocado Intel,’ a full-scale avocado knowledge resource exclusively for Mission Produce customers.Offering a full slate of tools, the ‘Avocado Intel’ program is designed.....
The mango plantations of the state-owned Victoria de Giron Agroindustrial Company, which is located about 140 kilometers southwest of Havana, disappear into the horizon.At present, the largest Cuban agricultural company cultivates its mangoes on about 12,000 hectares, although 45% of that territory is.....
Last year, mango production in the country reached 34,314 tons, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MARD). When compared to the production in 2007, mango production has had an accumulated growth of 36% in the last ten years, i.e. a 3.1% annual growth, which is very moderate for a country that aspires to.....
Importer Van Ravenswaaij from Veenendaal, the Netherlands, has been working on the mango season from Ivory Coast for a while now. This month the season started two weeks earlier than last year. “Later this week we expect the first proper volumes of Kent mangoes from Ivory Coast,” Christiaan van Ravenswaaij.....
In 2016, the avocados market increased to 5,788K tonnes, expanding at +5.6% per year from 2007 to 2016. Over the last six years, the market displayed a consistent growth; it accelerated sharply from 2011-2016 after a period of relatively flat trend pattern with mild fluctuations from 2007 to 2010. The market.....
A void in the northeastern mango market is now being filled with organic fruit, thanks to a local Boston firm. Fruit will be available year-round, mostly from Mexico, as well as Peru, and Ecuador.Building on relationships with existing growersMorning Kiss Organic has an already established citrus market and.....
In the Dominican Republic, consumers can eat avocados throughout the whole year, but with different supplies and prices. The supply that occurs from June to November is not the same as that from March to June, when there are extreme harvest cycles.Between June and November the average price per unit fluctuates.....
Mexico currently ranks as the six biggest exporter of pineapples worldwide, but, according to estimates for the year 2030, the increase in global demand could put this country in a more advanced position, reaching an accumulated growth of almost 62%.According to a report published by SAGARPA, the Secretariat.....
This is the season when lychee flowers bloom. The flowers are numerous this year because weather conditions are excellent. There are fruit farmers who estimate that they will produce 60% more lychee this year than last year. They even suspect that this year will have the largest production volume in history......
The low temperatures recorded at the beginning of the year are expected to decrease mango production in 2018. As a result, producers don't expect to match the 750 thousand boxes that were marketed in 2017.The president of the State Council of Mango Producers, Martel Martinez Jimenez, said that the beginning of.....
The Xiamen loquat season begins every year in March and April when the loquat enter the market. Not only is the quality of the Xiamen loquat better than last year as a result of excellent weather, the price is also lower than last year as a result of an increased production volume.Sichuan and Yunnan loquat.....
According to the general manager of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Peruvian Mango (APEM), Juan Carlos Rivera Ortega, Peruvian fresh mango exports in the 2017/2018 season could reach 200 thousand tons, which would represent an 11.73% increase over the 179 thousand tons dispatched in the previous.....
Jose Anguiano Negrete, a mango exporter, said that the United States was their main market. However, he added, "we are also opening new markets. Some mangoes go to Korea and on April 15 we will send samples of Tommy mangoes and papayas to Russia by plane, as many planes arrive in Cancun and return empty. We.....
Luxury fruit stores exist in cities throughout Japan, often located in high-end shopping centres and department stores, and will often carry a few prime Egg of the Sun mangoes. One of the most well-known shops is Tokyo's Sembikiya, which has several retail locations. Even if you don't intend on buying.....
China's largest pineapple production area, Xuwen County in Guangdong, is in the middle of a bumper harvest. The supply volume this year consists of the harvest of almost 16,667 hectares of pineapple plantations, which could reach 400 thousand tons with a production value of more than 500 million yuan [79.31.....
Producers in La Ribera face many obstacles to be able to carry out a profitable productive activity, which the region depends on, financially speaking. One of them is the weather. The most recent frosts will cause the production of the new kaki campaign to fall by between 30 and 35%, according to the first.....
Besides monitoring the fruit fly in horticultural products for export, the National Fruit Fly Program (PNMF) of the State Phytosanitary Service, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), also monitors the national crops, which provide support for low-income families, through the Extension Agencies of.....
According to a study carried out by Edgar Arias, a Master of Agricultural Sciences at the National University, the pollination with Apis mellifera bees increases the production by 96% in crops that require entomophilic pollination, which consists in the transfer of pollen by means of insects to ensure.....
According to data from Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Promotion Board (Procomer), Costa Rican exports of fresh pineapple grew by 19% between 2013 and 2017, going from $816 million to $970 million.This means that pineapple exports now rank second, only behind banana exports.Four years ago, the area planted with.....
The Upala Agricola company was awarded the five-star Ecological Blue Flag of the Ecological Blue Flag Program (BAE), which seeks to encourage the application of best practices for the sustainable management of natural resources in agricultural production.This company is dedicated to the marketing and export of.....
The Sanya Fenghuang International Airport (hereafter "Sanya Airport") recently opened a "green passage" when Beijing Capital Airlines JD5578 carried the first air freight of Sanya lychee in 2018. The plane landed smoothly at Beijing International Airport and delivered the fresh taste of lychees to Beijing.....
Last week, SimFRUIT informed us about the publication of the USDA-APHIS Final Standard so that Chile can export fresh cherimoyas to the US market through the Systems Approach, as an option for the treatment that involves washing the fruit with soapy water and wax, and then having a subsequent.....
The Dominican Republic avocado exports currently exceed US $ 30 million per year, i.e. an increase of 150% on 2006, when they only amounted to US $11 million, according to official data. The main market destinations for this product are the United States, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and.....
Shoppers celebrated 2017 fall and winter holidays with delicious avocado dishes, driving record-high retail dollar sales for the category. The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) recently released their Holiday and Events report for Q4 2017, detailing retail avocado category performance across the country for this past.....
Index Fresh, a worldwide avocado marketer, will present its next Seminar Series from May 8-10. They will be held in the three growing regions of California — San Luis Obispo, Ventura and San Diego counties.“We believe it is our role at Index Fresh to host avocado cultural seminars to provide actionable.....
Rafael Vazquez Gonzalez, the treasurer of the local Vegetable Health Board, stated, during the presentation of the seventh Avocado Fair, that Tancitaro exported about 90% of its avocados to the United States.Rafael Vazquez said the municipality had about 25 thousand hectares devoted to the production of.....
Lezhong lychees could be ready for sale in a month. The Lezhong lychees enter the market approximately half a month before other lychees from the interior, which gives them a high "social status" on the market. It is estimated that the purchase price will reach 28 yuan [4.46 USD] per 0.5 kg. Lezhong lychees.....
West Pak Avocado, Inc. of Murrieta, California officially unveils their new company video, which welcomes its audience inside the world of green fruit through the eyes of the first family of avocados. This visual storytelling experience outlines the company’s heritage and the avocado's seed-to-store.....
"Only 10% of the 10 thousand mango producers in Piura are associated," said the head of the Regional Bureau of Agriculture of Piura (DRA Piura), Mario Laberry Saavedra, adding that "the lack of associativity is a serious problem, especially when exporting the product.""The main problem that mango producers in.....
According to producers, last year, Guatemala exported more than 4.2 million cases of mangoes to the United States, Central America, and European countries. They also said that their strategy was to increase domestic consumption and reach new international markets, such as Chile."Our goal is to open markets and.....
Honduras produces more than two million pounds of Hass avocado a year, said Antonio Rivera, a representative of this Product Chain in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG).He also said that they were working with SAG authorities to socialize the National Hass Avocado Plan throughout the country.One.....
Supplies of imported mangos into the U.S. should increase shortly. “Right now there have been a lot of mangoes from other countries such as Peru and other countries” says Carlos Villa of Rio Rico, Ariz.-based Higueral Produce Inc. “But this week it appears that all those places are over and it’ll leave Mexico.....
The Andalusian Government has lifted the restrictions on the supply of water for the irrigation of subtropical crops, which are mostly cultivated in the region of Axarquía (Malaga). The reason for this is the increase in water reserves recorded in recent weeks.The spokesperson of the Platform of Waters of the.....
Last year, the Dominican Republic's mango exports amounted to around 20 million dollars, said the president of the Mango Cluster of the province of Peravia, Rafael Leger.According to Leger, in recent years this fruit has positioned itself in international markets, in the United States, Europe, and in the Asian.....
The avocado sector in the province of Malaga, which accounts for most of the 50,000 tonnes produced by Spain each campaign, is optimistic ahead of the end of the harvesting season. The provisional data are similar to those of a year ago. Representatives of the growers stated that it has been possible to avoid.....
The people of Wuxi always welcome the Taiwanese fruit season when spring arrives. Excellent weather conditions for crops this year have visibly improved Taiwanese fruit in comparison with last year. Around 50 tons of pineapples are sold every week in Wuxi. However, people in the industry state that this is.....
Dongguan City has entered the season when lychees flower. Over 90% of the lychees in the city are in bloom and Lychee farmers are expecting a bumper harvest. The ratio of flowering lychee in the last two years was relatively low because of weather conditions. Only about 30% of the lychees was in bloom. Overall.....
The Beta Agroindustrial Complex continues to diversify its agricultural export basket and exploring new business opportunities. This year it has started to work with pomegranates, a crop that generates expectation.Lionel Arce Orbegozo, the general manager of the company, said they currently had 70 hectares of.....
The Ministry of Agriculture and the Colombian Agricultural Institute, ICA, stated that Japan's sanitary authority had approved the export protocol of Colombian Hass avocados to that country."This market is one of the national government's priorities for 2018. The approval of the requirements by Japan's health.....
Singaporeans are certainly profiting from Malaysia’s durian production, as hot weather has increased the harvests there, even in the off season, leading to bumper crops.Durian sellers across the island report that prices have fallen by as much as 40% within a month. Popular varieties of durian, like the Mao.....
This year’s California avocado season is underway and the California Avocado Commission (CAC) has prepared fresh advertising along with creative and innovative media plans to support the harvest. With California avocado volume building into April and expected to continue through summer, CAC’s marketing.....
Seprona agents, assisted by a technical agricultural engineer, found 1,500 avocado seedlings of the Lamb Hass variety during an inspection carried out on 13 February in a nursery on the coast of Granada.The variety's patent is owned by the University of Riverside of California, in the United States, and the.....
Subtropical crop exports in Andalusia have quadrupled over the last ten years, as announced by the Councillor of Environment and Planning, José Fiscal, who has acknowledged that there is still "much left to do" in this sector.Fiscal, who attended the 2nd Subtropical Day of the Axarquía in Vélez-Málaga, pointed.....
The low profitability of citrus farms, the growth in the demand in the European Union and the United States and the greater ease of adaptation due to climate change are encouraging numerous Valencian producers to plant subtropical fruits such as avocados, cherimoyas, medlars and mangoes, even resulting in the.....
The region of La Libertad region managed to position itself as the first national avocado export department in 2017 after having exported 117,203 tons.This has helped Peru become the second biggest exporter of this fruit worldwide. Peru exported 264,672 tons to 35 foreign countries. Its main customers were the.....