Korea’s recent trade agreements with major fruit exporters such as New Zealand and Chile have brought about a significant increase in the consumption of imported fruits, thanks to lower prices.
The Philippine's Department of Trade and Industry’s Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) is taking advantage of the country’s zero tariff privileges in the European Union (EU) to push food exports to the region.
Fruit growers from North and Northwest China hope to sell their fruit to the ASEAN market and in order to raise awareness of their products, including apples, pears, peaches and winter jujube.
Last year, Uganda’s export revenues fell by 4.6 per cent, from $686.6 million between March and June 2015 to $637.7 million between July and October 2015, according to figures from the Bank of Uganda.
The state of Kerala's government intervened in the market in time for Onam, the biggest festival celebrated in Kerala, to prevent vegetable prices from rising.
Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau issued a notice on 8th September that its import of Taiwan produced fourfinger threadfin continued to rise for 4 straight years, which accounted for more than 60% of the total import of the fish in mainla
“The global market for oranges is currently very good. Both the Middle and the Far East, the UK and the US have good demand, albeit perhaps slightly speculatively,”
"We expected a much greater production than it looks like we'll finally harvest but sizes will be larger," explains Juan de Dios Pérez, General Director of Pérez Zara Agrícola.
As the growing season in Alaska draws to an end, the weather is giving farmers a reprieve. Now is the time for the best broccoli and cauliflower of the season.
This year, the Greek company Mitrosilis, devoted to the packaging and exporting of fresh fruit, will be taking part for the first time in Asia Fruit Logistica following its first kiwi shipments to this continent.
Zahid Khan, the CEO of the Russian Business Council for Cooperation with Pakistan said on Thursday 1 September that Pakistani farmers are willing to increase their food exports to Russia fivefold, up to 1 million metric tons per year.
According to Jiangsu Suqian Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, a total of 100kg Hongze Lake crab was successfully exported to Malaysia after passing inspection and quarantine.
Harvesting of red pomelos in Israel got underway about two weeks sooner than usual this year, and it's expected that harvesting of other Israeli citrus items will also begin early.
At the moment South Africa has a tariff free period for exports to the European Union countries which ends on 16th October every year, when tariffs then increase to 16%.
