Published: Aug 13, 2015

The move was in retaliation to the sanctions imposed by the west as a result of Russia's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

Russia's economy shrank by 4.6 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the same period last year according to the country's official statistics office Rosstat.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

The cotton market is proving somewhat eventful, prompting appearances from the Cat in the Hat and Ralph Lauren.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

Sao Martinho, issuing a downbeat forecast for sugar prices, revealed a raised reliance on tapping the futures curve, and a depreciating real, for underpinning takings in the sweetener.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

Scotland's small-scale farmers have welcomed their government's decision to prevent the growing of GM crops, aimed at enhancing the country's 'clean, green status', among a coalition of green NGOs.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

Growing the country's apple and pear industry and using New Zealand and overseas workers to do so, was the hot topic at the Pipfruit Industry Conference this morning.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

The New Zealand government says it has imposed a temporary ban on fresh produce from Fiji because it is not fully confident in Fiji's anti-fruit fly procedures.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

A durian grower in Davao City is planning to expand his global reach to Japan within the year after making it to the Singapore and Hong Kong markets.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

International import/export company Allfresch will be exhibiting at Asia Fruit Logistica for the second time in September, although members of the company have been attending for the last seven years.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

Chile forges closer economic relations with China. Chile's ambassador to China, Jorge Heine, expects Santiago to become the regional platform for the RMB in Latin America, following the Prime Minister Li Keqiang's visit and the currency swap agreement, si

Published: Aug 11, 2015

European production of peaches and nectarines in 2013 was about 3 million tons, 51% of which were nectarines. An important increase in the proportion of nectarine production has been observed in the last years at most peach production areas.

Published: Aug 11, 2015

Last year, Swaziland imported products worth over E21 billion from South Africa, China, United States of America, Qatar and other main trading partners.

Published: Aug 11, 2015

Mango growers received more good news, as the first trays of the season sold for more than $100 each, when the Indonesian market was reopened to mango exports from Australia. "We've had access to Indonesia a number of years ago, but regulations changed, s

Published: Aug 10, 2015

Raw Cashew Nut (RCN) imports declined during the first quarter of the current fiscal due to rise in prices in the West African growing countries.

Published: Aug 10, 2015

Cherry growers in Western Australia, should focus on producing enough fruit to meet statewide demand, as well as exports, according to the head of the state grower’s body.

Published: Aug 10, 2015

A microscopic beetle is beginning to devastate native Southwest Florida trees, and the bug could eventually turn its sights on the avocado industry.

Published: Aug 10, 2015

Annually, 700 million tonnes of plums are sold, with an export value of 650 million Euro. Chile and Spain are two major export countries, with an export of (in a normal year) over 110 million tonnes.

Published: Aug 10, 2015

The Russian food embargo may extent to another seven countries because of their support for anti-Russian sanctions. The new measures will affect production to the value of more than €460 million and the hardest hit manufactures will be Japan, Iceland and

Published: Aug 07, 2015

Indonesia is shaping up as a potential export market for Australian mangoes this year.

Published: Aug 07, 2015

In terms of agro food, the influence of e-commerce is also clearly noticeable. Online trade is increasing in these products, and more and more opportunities are arising. Nick Hong, Senior Employee Agro-Food at the Dutch consulate in Shanghai, explains. "F