Demargro recently had a new box designed for marketing leeks. According to Guy de Meyer, more and more complaints were coming in about the packaging, "Various customers had commented on the quality of the new Flandria packaging for leeks.
Thanks to the training and business meetings provided by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic and Port Development in Veracruz (Sedecop), Veracruz has achieved exporting its pineapples to the United States and Africa.
Before the end of 2016, the avocado orchards of the city of Zitacuaro will be certified so producers from the city can export and sell their products in international markets, said mayor Carlos Herrera Tello.
The first batch of imported goods from Australia smoothly cleared customs in Shanghai. It was the first batch since the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement became effective.
As the California table grape season winds down, Peruvian imports are arriving to fill the gap left by domestic fruit. Prices are high at the moment, and they will likely stay that way until there's enough South American fruit to meet market demand.
New York cocoa futures on ICE eased on speculative selling on Wednesday, hovering near to the prior session’s eight-week low, while raw sugar steadied in thin pre-holiday trade.
As another year comes to a close, we, the editors of Prepared Foods, like to survey the new food and beverage product landscape to gain a sense of how many important product launches came into being.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a significant jump in ethanol exports to China this year, following a USDA-led trade mission to the country last year.
The acreage devoted to organic production in Almeria in 2015 has increased by 20% compared to 2014 and reached 46,775.50 hectares, 5% of Andalusia's total, according to provisional data of the Council of Agriculture
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The previous month, the onion market displayed a relatively quiet view. A stable but still high price level, broad sales with large volumes and a quality that’s generally good.
In Fontenay de Bossery, 60 kilometers southeast of Paris, the Vajou family runs the Val Légumes farm and trading company. Together with a group of contract farmers they grow seed onions on 123 acres of land.
Despite a steep fall in production from the nationwide drought which lasted until mid-year, the Dominican Republic has become a world leader in exports of organic bananas, which should spur it to do well in other crops.
A hypothetical ranking of the world's largest fresh tomato exporters would be occupied by Mexico, the Netherlands and Spain (in this order), according to data processed by Hortoinfo and supplied by the Statistics Division of the United Nations (UN).
Between 7th and 11th December 2015, Compac Sorting Equipment - manufacturer of "turnkey" solutions for the sorting and packaging of produce with four facilities in New Zealand, Uruguay, Spain and China
This year Jasper Houtenbos and his cousin Bob started Brassica Trade, specialised in buying and selling open ground vegetables, mainly towards exporters and wholesalers.
