Published: Jul 22, 2015

CPMA is happy to announce the release of Canadian Nutrition Facts data, serving sizes and eligible nutrient content claims for the most commonly consumed fresh fruits and vegetables in Canada.

Published: Jul 22, 2015

Kenya and Pakistan have long enjoyed strong diplomatic ties, underpinned by robust commercial activities. Currently, trade between the two countries is worth about Sh81.8 billion ($800 million) annually, with Pakistan being a leading importer of Kenya’s t

Published: Jul 22, 2015

The FEGA has just published a resolution which provides information on the procedure to follow for the processing into juice for free distribution with payment in kind of 20,000 tonnes of peaches, nectarines and Paraguayo peaches.

Published: Jul 22, 2015

The EU must do more to help farmers to earn a fair return from the food supply chain, introduce better tools for dealing with market disturbances and help farmers to find new outlets for produce shut out of the Russian market, MEPs say in two non-binding

Published: Jul 22, 2015

The value of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports in May increased by 8% compared to the same month in 2014, totalling 1,144 million Euro, while the volume declined by 5%, reaching 1 million tonnes, according to data of the Department of Customs and Specia

Published: Jul 22, 2015

The Coordinator of Organizations of Growers and Ranchers (COAG) has denounced the speculative use of the Russian veto by large market operators to the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture; an activity carried out to push down fruit and vegetable prices in a to

Published: Jul 21, 2015

Registration is now open for the Subtrop Marketing Symposium, which will take place on 4 November 2015 at the Ingwenyama Conference and Sports Resort in White River, and judging by last year’s record attendance it is advisable to register early.

Published: Jul 21, 2015

Berry Brothers started selling blueberries from Northern Portugal in mid-May. "The supply and quality were good, as well as the demand. We are seeing that the area is growing and therefore increasing supply is coming from Portugal," says Nijs van Zullen.

Published: Jul 21, 2015

Georgia is exporting fewer products and importing more from abroad, says the country’s National Statistics Office, Geostat.

Published: Jul 21, 2015

Kees van der Kwaak had the logistics world practically handed to him. In the family company, which was owned by his father and uncles, Kees started handling the transport for Dutch importers like Aartsenfruit, Westland Import and De Groot International.

Published: Jul 21, 2015

Avocados are here. The pear-shaped fruit, also known as butter fruit for its taste and texture, has arrived in the city markets from Kodaikanal a month earlier this year. About two tonnes of avocados have been flooding the Koyambedu market every day since

Published: Jul 21, 2015

Randall Benavides, president of the Chamber of Exporters and Importers of perishable products, confirmed that Costa Rica had imported 15 containers of avocado from Peru, which are priced 50% higher than the ones imported from Mexico, during the past seven

Published: Jul 21, 2015

The Secretary General of the Jordanian Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, Yousef Shammali, stressed the importance of a commitment from all relevant authorities to enforce proper rules governing the functioning of the potato market in order to preven

Published: Jul 21, 2015

The Zhumino International LLC, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) import fruit and vegetables company, is the leading importer and distributor of fruit and vegetables in the UAE. Zhumino International LLC has a large network of subsidiaries in India, South Afri

Published: Jul 21, 2015

AVA Group, manufacturers and marketers of the Medimix brand of soaps and personal care products in southern India, is expanding into the foods business by acquiring, the Kerala-based Melam brand of masalas, curry powders, spices, pickles, jams and sauces,

Published: Jul 20, 2015

UK-based Noble Foods that supplies fresh eggs to the country’s retailers has selected Paragon Software Systems’ Integrated Fleets planning solution as its strategic modelling tool of choice.

Published: Jul 20, 2015

Published: Jul 20, 2015

Even as Maharashtra continues to grapple with an agrarian crisis, farmers in Latur, one of the drought-prone districts in the state, are slowly moving towards the organic way of farming to reduce input costs and increase agriculture output.

Published: Jul 20, 2015

With the hashtag #BoycottGermany, twitter users called for a boycott of German products. Consumers are calling for a worldwide boycott on German products because of harsh conditions and the hard-line approach during the Greece bailout especially by German

Published: Jul 20, 2015

According to Steven Leung, Managing Director of the Hong Kong-based company Alfa fruit Packers, a bumper pear crop is expected in China this season. “From what growers estimate, this year’s crop will be at least 20% greater than last year’s,” he affirms.