Published: May 25, 2016

An abundance of Chilean and Italian kiwifruit this season have kept prices down recently, and New Zealand imports may further boost available volumes in the coming weeks.

Published: May 25, 2016

The price of Ecuadorian bananas has increased considerably in recent months, probably because production costs have gone up on the farms supplying us the fruit. Fortunately, this is not affecting demand, but our best strategy is to maintain good business

Published: May 25, 2016

The citrus harvest in Victoria, Australia is looking to be inline with last year according to Richard Byllaardt from Seven Fields. "The Navels will be early due to an extremely hot summer, but the dry weather has now broken. We had 40mm of rain a coup

Published: May 25, 2016

Barely a year after ordering sugar mills to compulsorily export from a mountain of stockpiles, India is struggling to cope with spiraling prices and a potential shortage.

Published: May 25, 2016

The booming U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic food product sales reaching $39.7 billion, up 11% from the previous year, according to the Organic Trade Association’s 2016 Organic Industry Survey. This far surpassed the o

Published: May 25, 2016

After days of profit-taking and modest selling in the Chicago soybean pit, prices have once again jumped higher in today's trade.

Published: May 25, 2016

Wheat demand from Sub Saharan Africa is likely to outstrip that of the traditional large wheat importers in North African markets by 2025, Rabobank said.

Published: May 24, 2016

An intellectual property expert believes that New Zealand business are losing out on opportunities in China because of the country's pervasive image as the "Wild West" of intellectual property rights. Luke Minford, the Beijing-based chief executive of IP

Published: May 24, 2016

Melbourne is set to host the World Union of Wholesale Markets(WUWM) Congress in September 2017 putting the new wholesale Melbourne Market at Epping, its world class infrastructure and the $250 million renewal of the iconic Queen Victoria Market, on the gl

Published: May 24, 2016

The cherry shortage has driven prices up. The damage recorded in the Spanish regions of Aragon and Extremadura as a result of rainfall has led to a 50% increase in the fruit's value, which has reached three Euro at origin. The phenomenon has been benefici

Published: May 24, 2016

In 2015, Italian watermelon exports reached 171,000 tons, 1% more than the previous year. The 19% increase in average prices (€0.37/kg) with respect to 2014 represents the peak of the past few years. This in turn led to an increase in value, which reached

Published: May 24, 2016

Last week, Minister for Training and Skills Steve Herbert launched the Now! In Season program for promoting Victoria's fruit in Indonesia. The launch took place at Hypermarket, one of Jakarta's leading supermarkets.

Published: May 24, 2016

On Friday 20 May, experts from Poland and China met at the Europe-China Economy Cooperation Forum in Katowice, southern Poland to discuss Poland's role within the Belt and Road initiative. The forum consisted of two parts, first of which was aimed at "Bel

Published: May 24, 2016

In Kolar district in the state of Karnataka, tomato farmers are pleased by the high prices. A few months ago, these same farmers suffered huge losses due to a crash in the price of the fruit.

Published: May 24, 2016

The Dominican Republic successfully exports its fruits to neighboring countries. According to the Center for Export and Investment of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), the country annually exports 390 million dollars in fruits and vegetables, most of which

Published: May 24, 2016

A new platform has been created to manage the fresh produce supply chain. The platform, called FEEDS, comes out of a collaboration between Mumbai’s Tech Mahindra and German software giant SAP.

Published: May 24, 2016

Trade in mangoes has been very good in recent weeks. The current market situation is different compared to a month earlier when the market was still ‘screaming’ for this tropical fruit. The supply of seaborne cargo has increased again up until now. “Becau

Published: May 24, 2016

Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is optimistic that the country will be able to export more fruits to choosy markets at higher prices this year. The ministry believes that the fruit export turnover in 2016 will reach over $2

Published: May 24, 2016

The onion market is currently meandering on, says Adriaan van Belzen of Daily Onions. “Overseas export remains tricky, which means we have to sell our onions in Europe. We are dealing with a lot of lesser quality, and it is difficult to find a customer fo

Published: May 24, 2016

In Lahore, it is said to be common practice for traders to stockpile potatoes and onions before the holy month of Ramazan, to create an artificial shortage of the commodities. The government is now busy organising makeshift Ramazan Bazaars across the prov