Published: May 18, 2016

José Calzada, the Secretary of Agriculture, Cattle breeding, Rural development, Fishing and Feeding (Sagarpa) reports that Mexico expects to substantially increase its exports to Arab countries. He will head a trade mission to four Arab counties.

Published: May 18, 2016

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) leads a campaign to promote British food, but it has recently emerged that their headquarters sources 44% of its food from overseas producers.

Published: May 18, 2016

Representatives of the Moroccan Port of Tangier recently participated in a meeting between representatives of Mediterranean ports held in the French city of Perpignan.

Published: May 18, 2016

Following allegations concerning the mishandling of funds, the financial operations of the Cooperative Growers Marketing Union (SEDIGEP) has come under scrutiny.

Published: May 18, 2016

Swissport is Tanzania's leading aviation services provider, and in a bid to improve export and import facilities, its plans to build an import warehouse worth $13 million (Tsh.26 billion), to be completed at the end of this month.

Published: May 18, 2016

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an increase to the fiscal year 2016 Overall Allotment Quantity (OAQ) for domestic sugar, reassigned some of the projected surplus sugar marketing allotments among processors, and reassigned part of

Published: May 18, 2016

The ongoing rebound of the U.S. economy has given way to a period of rapid change within the third-party logistics (3PL) sector. Arguably more diversified and sophisticated than ever, the 3PL sector is seeing an emergence in more 4PL partnerships, resulti

Published: May 16, 2016

Best Fruit Processors launched its tomato paste line last week. The company, which is a joint venture between Schweppes Zimbabwe’s 100 percent owned Beitbridge Juicing Co and the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, started a trial in January pro

Published: May 16, 2016

Members of the Taiwan Garlic Farmers' Association and Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Su Chih-fen have filed charges of malpractice against Kaohsiung Customs on Tuesday 10 May, accusing the customs unit of allowing the import of 80 tons of China-g

Published: May 16, 2016

Lime prices in general and in retail stores are expected to continue to increase. Currently a ton of limes costs more than six thousand pesos, which affects the consumer's pocket but gives relief to the producers, who produce more than four thousand hecta

Published: May 16, 2016

The organisers of Fresh Business Expo Ukraine, which will take place from 29 November – 1 December 2016 in Kiev, Ukraine, are expecting an increase of the exhibition of at least 30%. Fresh Business Expo is the only trade event in Ukraine that exclusive

Published: May 16, 2016

Although Argentina is not a renowned producer of fruits such as blackberries, raspberries, cherries and strawberries, it has a significant production capacity. And with the changing international trade policies enforced by the current government, the expo

Published: May 16, 2016

The Purewal brothers moved to Canada in the 1970s; now, the three brothers own the biggest Indian-owned agriculture operation in Canada and possibly the US. "Currently, we have over 800 acres under blueberry cultivation,'' says Gurjit Purewal, the youn

Published: May 16, 2016

The European Commission (EC) will ask the Government of France to give an explanation after Spanish trucks loaded with agricultural products were attacked on French roads, as confirmed today by the EU executive in response to a complaint from the Valencia

Published: May 16, 2016

Fruit and vegetables prices in the UK have dropped to a four-year low-to the detriment of farmers- yet, sales continue to decrease. Fruit sales have fallen 14 per cent and veg sales five per cent between 2007 and 2014.

Published: May 16, 2016

Presently, wheat is the big-ticket item in Australia’s exports to Indonesia, accounting for $A1.4bn of the total $A7bn. While it is likely that wheat will be a mainstay of agricultural exports well into the future, there are more food market opportunities

Published: May 16, 2016

In 2015, the monetary value of Zimbabwe's exports to the European Union increased to over US$54 million, up from US$21.3 million in 2014. Zimbabwe's major export destinations in the EU were United Kingdom, Netherlands, Lithuania, Spain, Portugal, France

Published: May 16, 2016

According to the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, Sokoto state government will purchase 9,000 metric tonnes of fertilizers and 16,000 water pumps worth about N 1.7 billion. The items will be distributed to both dry and rainy seaso

Published: May 16, 2016

In April, India's annual consumer price inflation hit a stronger-than-expected 5.39 percent from 4.83 percent the previous month, reports Reuters, referring to government data released Thursday 12 May.

Published: May 16, 2016

In late summer 2016, PortFresh Logistics, a Georgia-based company, plans to open a 100,000 square-foot cold treatment facility dedicated to perishable cargoes imported through the Port of Savannah. The facility will strengthen Savannah in its role as a ne