The upcoming summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will make Sino-African relations the strongest they have ever been, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday.
In January, inflation rates for major food groups were well above the national average. Since then, the rates for products such as fruits, vegetables and meat, have fallen steadily to near zero percent.
Compared to the declining price development in the preceding months, the inflation rate rose in October, but stayed moderate with + 0.5 percent in the annual comparison and + 0.1 percent compared to the previous month.
Napier Port has opened a new administration building this week and says an increase in agricultural exports going through the port is helping drive its growth and development.
South Korea is one of Australia’s closest economic and trading partners, and with its high-income economy, there is a strong market for Australia’s high quality goods and services.
The volume of fruit imports through Dongdu Port accounts for 98% of the total import volume in the Xiamen Free Trade Zone. In the first ten months of this year, the fruit import volume broke a new record.
Rising popularity in snackable tomatoes is one of the key trends driving the global tomato industry, heard over 80 growers, suppliers, retailers and educators who attended the De Ruiter Living Proof™ Tomato Innovation Day held in Melbourne on 10 November.
Between Friday 20 November and Tuesday 24, prices have taken quite a sharp turn, mainly due to the cold temperatures registered in the province of Almeria.
The price of vegetables is going up due to cold and rainy weather in Northern China. In the coming two days, snow is expected to hit Shandong Province, one of the main vegetable producing regions in Northern China, which will drive prices up further.
In the past years, export of fresh products from Vietnam to China has been increasing. Between January and September 2015, China imported agricultural products with a value of 2.1 billion USD from Vietnam
On Friday, November 20th Dutch fruit growers came together in Wageningen, The Netherlands for the NFO knowledge day. The presentations from the day will be discussed on this website in the coming weeks
The market for onions from Washington is steady and demand is somewhat light, though prices for red onions are good. With lots of volume from Japan, exports to Asia have been low when compared to previous years.
Dutchman Jeroen Bosschaart is co-owner of the French exporting company, Le Dauphin, based in Brittany, France. The company exports vegetables such as cauliflower, artichokes, mini-vegetables and shallots.
"We have always sold our product to traditional markets but today 80% of it goes to retailers. Of course we sell more in the north than in the south, but that is because there is a wider network of retailers there.
Successful trials in Western Australia of a new tool to eradicate an apple pest could result in significant savings for growers, both in existing and developing new export markets.
Vegetable prices in China climb up while fruit prices are declining. 21 vegetable varieties were monitored; prices of twelve sorts of vegetables rose, the prices of five vegetables declined and the prices of four vegetables remained stable.
