Published: Oct 23, 2015

Organic is continuing on its successful path and the global market is developing positively. In 2016, the international organic sector will be coming together for its event highlight, BIOFACH, Trade Fair for Organic Food

Published: Oct 23, 2015

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has made a commitment to the Turkish authorities to facilitate the entry of their fruit and vegetables to the European Union. In exchange, Turkey will become a filter for refugees to access the EU.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Yesterday, Chilean and US officials highlighted the positive effects that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both countries will have on their bilateral economic and trade relationship, after twelve years of operation.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

World Prices for food will remain flat or could fall over the next 10 years because of the current growth in agricultural production.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Costa Rica’s Port of Limón-Moin ranked 13th in Latin America, and 4th in Central America with container volume of 1.09 million TEUs in 2014. Over the next 15 years, reefer container shipments from Costa Rica are projected to double from an estimated 300,0

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Blue Skies, the biggest fresh fruit processor in the country to import pineapples and mangoes, currently imports around 30% of Smooth Cayenne (a Ghanian pineapple) from Togo and South Africa. The company also imports mangoes from Brazil, The Gambia and So

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Harvest season has arrived in China and once again the banana prices have dropped. Although there is not a clear expansion of the banana market in China, the Chinese imports of banana rise while at the same time a large amount of domestic grown bananas en

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Illinois remains the leading producer of pumpkin in the U.S, with the majority of its supplies processed into pies and other for uses. In 2014, U.S farmers produced 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins in the top 6 states (17% higher than 2013).

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Antalya: Serik District President Yusuf Ozturk of the Democratic Left Party (DSP), stated that the 21 Euro cent price tag on tomatoes will mean the end for tomato growers.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Spain has broken a new record in the 2014/2015 pepper export campaign, according to data from the statistical service Estacom (Icex-Tax Agency), with TARIC (Tariff Integrated of the European Communities) codes.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Prima 2000, on the market for about 20 years and currently one of the largest producers and distributors of apples in Poland, has been facing difficulties, as a result of the Russian embargo, on European food exports.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Spain's Mesa Nacional del Ajo (National Garlic Bureau) believes China is having profitability issues with its garlic, and for this reason Spanish garlic is gaining ground in EU markets. Spain produced 175,000 tonnes on a total of 17,000 hectares.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Morocco told the EU Tomato Experts Panel that met in Brussels on Friday, which is composed of representatives of producers and trade associations in the different Member States and the European Commission...

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Demand in the herb sector has been increasing, however Sales Manager, Yehonatan Kedem from Kedem Galprie Ltd does not feel that demand has surpassed production yet.

Published: Oct 23, 2015

Ocean Spray, a US-based agricultural cooperative of cranberry and grapefruit farmers, has opened its first online flagship store in China on Alibaba Group’s Tmall Global platform.

Published: Oct 22, 2015

Global market research company Mintel has released its food and drink trend predictions for 2016.

Published: Oct 22, 2015

Top seal packaging (a tray with foil) is very popular in fresh food. For meat, fish, ready to eat meals and salads. It’s only in fruits and vegetables that top seal is lagging. And that’s strange if you look at the advantages it has to offer.

Published: Oct 22, 2015

The citrus fruit sector has evolved a lot in the past ten years. The "Evoluzione e prospettive dell'Agrumicoltura di domani" convention promoted by the L.A.ME.T.A. association with the sponsorship of the Ordini dei Dottori Agronomi e Forestali della Provi

Published: Oct 22, 2015

Bozkurt Chamber of Agriculture President Mehmet Acar, reported that 250 tons of apple exports to Germany and the Netherlands have been carried out recently from Inebolu a town in Turkey's Black Sea region.

Published: Oct 22, 2015

According to Gerrit de Vlieger from Groothandel Vrijders (Vrijders Wholesale), the soft fruit trade in Brussels is pretty normal right now, "Demand is not very high, and there is no oversupply, which is better for the market."