Germany, France and the UK, with 68% of the total, are currently the main destinations for Andalusia's strawberry exports. The sector, based mostly in Huelva, represents around 95% of Spain's total strawberry production.
From 2015 onwards, the Dutch government wants all Dutch school canteens to be a 100% healthy, foodwise, and offer the schoolchildren a healthy alternative for the well-known Mars and Snickers.
Peruvian blueberries exported to the United States must undergo cold treatment in transit, said specialist Orlando Dolores Salas from Senasa's Plant Quarantine Branch.
According to the Exporters Association (Adex), Peruvian exports to Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala made 725.7 million dollars in revenue in 2013; 17% more than in the previous year.
The Berkane clementine is suffering in export, citrus fruit exports have dropped 20% in a year and with a bad harvest it is hard to fight against competition.
Vietnam exported 257,000 tons of cashew nuts in 2013, up 15.8 percent year-on-year, presenting the eighth consecutive year the country has topped the world's cashew nuts exports.
Dr Fu Yuning, Chairman of China Merchants Group (CMG) and Chairman of Loscam, Asia Pacific’s leader in pallet and retail ready solutions, recently visited New Zealand to meet key executives in the retail and logistics industries.
The tips are still green, but the flavour is intense. Organic Uurú bananas from Ecuador delight consumers with an exotic sweetness which infuses the fruit even whilst the tips are still green.
As many as 13 Pakistani companies participated in the world's leading international fresh produce trade fair, Fruit Logistica-2014, this year in Berlin that ended on Saturday.
Macadamia farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga Counties have been forced to spend night in the cold to guard their macadamia from thieves who harvesting them before they are ripe.
French processed vegetable maker Bonduelle said that turnover for the first half of the year rose 0.9% (4.9% on a like-for-like basis) to €987.7 million.
Bayer CropScience is reaffirming its commitment to bringing food chain partners closer together by helping them improve productivity and quality of fruit and vegetables in a sustainable manner.
