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A trade show press conference, focus on Italy-China trade, was held in Shanghai last week during Mac Fruit Attraction China, a new trade show for international fresh produce exhibitors. Mac […]
Wed 29/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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The web is digital but the four-day event in Lisbon in November was sold out, with nearly 60,000 visitors. Naturally it was paperless: everything was on the smartphone app, including […]
Tue 28/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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An intimate event offering space for quality contacts The Amsterdam Produce Show and conference (APS) returned to the Westergasfabriek for the event’s second edition, held on 15-17 November, bringing together […]
Mon 27/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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In recent times, concerns have been raised regarding the safety of citrus fruits from southern Africa, with pleas from Valencia’s politicians for the EU to intervene. The Port of Valencia […]
Tue 21/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Catalonia’s business association has drawn up a plan together with Stone fruit prodcuers to reduce Spain’s growing area for these fruits by 15%. This is the conclusion drawn from a […]
Tue 21/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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As the Brazilian fruit export season gets underway, the latest container statistics for the Europe-East Coast South America trade indicate a strengthening of the southbound market, while the long-time downwards […]
Mon 13/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Contrary to UK government claims, British farmers say they will not be able to increase food production after Brexit and are running out of patience with the impasse in negotiations. […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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2016 was a very similar year to 2015 for the German food retailing sector, which saw a 0.8% increase in turnover, compared with a 2.8% rise in the previous year. […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Commercial apple production in the EU for 2017/18 is expected to fall to 9.2 million tons, representing an 18% (or 2.09 million ton) drop from 2016/17. This figure will constitute […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Spanish orange prices remained high throughout the 2016/17 campaign Starting in October 2016 at €0.57/kg, by August 2017 they were as high as €0.69/kg. Although average monthly prices across the […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Supermarket food prices seem to be encouraging unhealthy eating. While the price of sugar has increased by 18% since the turn of the century, the price of vegetables is up […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Italian production accounted for 56% of the grapes on the German market, followed by Turkish (225%) and Greek (12.9%) products. Price levels for Italian grapes were higher than the 5-year […]
Tue 07/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
