Published: Oct 28, 2015

Turkey may have new opportunities for Ecuador's bananas. Diego Aulestia, Minister of Foreign Trade, was able to confirm the demand for this fruit in his recent visit to the Mediterranean port of Mersin, gateway to countries in Asia, North Africa and the A

Published: Oct 28, 2015

Armenian fruits and vegetables have seen a boost in production and exports this year.

Published: Oct 28, 2015

Last week new origin labels for fruits, vegetables and potatoes were introduced in France.

Published: Oct 28, 2015

Frost in Argentina affected blueberry production, so imports of Argentine berries have been light in the United States. That's made for erratic pricing, but, with volumes from Argentina increasing, the market looks to stabilize in the coming weeks.

Published: Oct 28, 2015

Kinnow mandarins have been hit by viruses in the fields in Pakistan. This reduced the export quality of the kinnow mandarins, which mainly go to the Russian market.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

Concentrated juice exports amounted to 22,230 tons at the end of September because of the global economic crisis, especially in Brazil. This figure is 14% lower than in the same period last year and the lowest volume exported in the last three decades.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

A report on agricultural exports to countries of Europe and the Gulf area issued by the Central Administration for Agricultural Quarantine of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture has revealed rising exports of citrus fruits...

Published: Oct 27, 2015

ALL LEMON, the seal of quality for Argentinean lemon exports, ended its sixth season. The volume of fresh fruit exports in the 2015 season was 25% higher than in the 2014 campaign and the fruit had a good quality despite it being a year marked by differen

Published: Oct 27, 2015

In October, citrus fruits were concentrated in large amounts on the Chinese market. Due to there being a great variety of citrus fruits on the market, prices are also uneven.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

This year, the Chinese fruit market finds itself in a state of over supply; due to this fruit prices are dropping. There are several reasons leading to this situation.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

The situation on the plums market has calmed down a bit. There were several aspects that made the trade extra difficult at the end of last year. First of all the uncertainty of the trade with Russia and in the second place the weak Euro negatively influen

Published: Oct 27, 2015

"Every campaign is different - due to the long and hot summer all over Europe, this one is characterised by medium-small grades and higher sugar levels, which is not too bad, as pears are very tasty," explains Luca Granada, director of Opera.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

After the second vacation week in China, both Shanghai and Guangzhou fruit imports continue to show little activity. The imported fruit variety relies manly on citrus fruits produced in the Southern Hemisphere.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

A special association was established to improve the quality of the Antep cherry which is firstly being exported to Russia. 150 tons of Antep cherry exports are being carried out, on the market a kilo of the cherries is sold for between €1.25-1.40.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is hoping to fund $3 million for new food safety research projects in 2016.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, implemented in 2009, has seen two-way trade nearly double from $9 billion to $16 billion in 2014

Published: Oct 27, 2015

China is looking to expand its export channels in global markets from traditional markets in the US, Brazil, Japan and South Korea.

Published: Oct 27, 2015

The Regional Federation Fedex Aceto Services, together with the Councillor of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Water of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero, and the Primary Sector regional deputy, Abel Morales, have agreed to implement a new strategi

Published: Oct 27, 2015

Greece strongly dominates Bulgaria's imported fruit market, covering 43% of all imports in 2014, followed by Turkey, with 15%. According to data from Eurostat for the period between 2011 and 2014, Bulgaria's main fruit suppliers are Greece, Turkey, Ecuado

Published: Oct 27, 2015

In Ukraine, pears, grapes, mandarins and oranges currently stand at more or less stable prices, although tasty seasonal novelties that have recently hit the shelves, like feijoa, kiwis and pomegranates, are not so readily accessible because of their reall