For the last 5 years, Switzerland no longer applies high customs duties to imported asparagus when Swiss asparagus is on the market and ''despite this opening
The much publicised $100m upgrade to SPC Ardmona’s Shepparton plant could be in jeopardy after councillors denied the fruit processor exclusive access to a road that is allegedly crucial to the project.
Driscoll’s has announced a restructuring of their Chilean operations naming Brie Reiter Smith to the position of General Manager of Driscoll’s of Chile.
Juan Enrique Lazo, general manager of the Hass Avocado Committee, stated that drought was strongly affecting the Region IV, as 25% of the avocado area had had to be uprooted
Greek fruit and vegetable exports to Belarus have grown significantly in 2013, although as pointed out by the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the Greek embassy in Moscow
Ecuador wants to send a gourmet banana, with a different size and calibre than that of the fruit that is sent to the Southern Cone countries and to Brazil as it removed the sanitary restrictions that existed for imports in April.
Peru will participate in the London Produce Show & Conference to boost exports of asparagus, avocados, blueberries, citrus, mangoes, pomegranates and table grapes, among other fresh products to the United Kingdom.
With onion prices showing a marginal rise in some parts, the new government is closely watching the trend and is likely to restrict exports if the vegetable gets abnormally costlier.