LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS
Container shipping prices are rocketing due to ongoing global supply chain bottlenecks, with little respite expected until 2020, reports The Wall Street Journal. Average price worldwide are more than four […]
Wed 14/07/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
UNCLE FRUIT
Eurofresh Distribution Interview with UNCLE FRUIT procurement manager Philippe Ortiz. F&V Sales per category: how are sales divided between the main categories like berries, temperate fruit, tropical fruit, bananas, vegetables? […]
Tue 29/06/2021 by Pierre Escodo
Zespri
The kiwifruit, New Zealand’s most valuable horticultural export, is at the centre of tensions with China. In the mid-2010s, a kiwifruit grower smuggled a golden variety of kiwi to China, […]
Mon 28/06/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
China’s Port of Yantian is still in a state of chaos, due to Covid-19-related inspections and the recently imposed preventive measures in the Shenzhen and Guangzhou areas. Global shipping lines […]
Fri 25/06/2021
On 26 May, delegations from Freshfel Europe and CIQA met virtually to exchange expertise on a number of issues of common concern. Topics covered included lessons learnt from the COVID-19 […]
Fri 25/06/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Eurofresh Distribution
Chilean fruit exports were up by 1% in volume and 4% in value during the first 4 months of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, with China the […]
Thu 27/05/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Luo Jie, China Daily
China is combating food waste from farm to fork and everywhere in between, having launched a clean plate campaign last summer and passed an Anti-Food Waste Law at the end […]
Wed 26/05/2021
Eurofresh Distribution
Fresh produce imports to China have increased tenfold over the last five years. Demand for a larger range of products and interest in new and exotic food and healthy lifestyles […]
Tue 25/05/2021
Dazzle
New Zealand’s newest apple variety Dazzle has arrived in China with large celebrations at wholesale markets as importers and retailers race to get a taste.
Thu 29/04/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Marlith (Creative Commons)
The Philippines Banana Planter and Exporter Association (PBGEA) has announced that profits in banana exports fell by 15% due to the outbreak of Covid-19, which increased shipping costs and delayed […]
Tue 27/04/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
