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Following a surge in shipments in April and May, Chile’s fresh apples exports in the 2017/18 campaign are expected to reach 731,000 tons, which is roughly considered a normal year’s […]
Thu 24/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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In 2017, following a record harvest in 2016, Poland’s overall fruit production plummeted by around 34.7% to 2.7 million tons. The dramatic drop in production was mainly due to frost […]
Tue 22/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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According to Eurostat, imports to the EU of fruits and vegetables from third countries rose by 5% in 2017 to 15.5 million tons. About 13.3 million tons of the total […]
Thu 03/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The total turnover of all auctions affiliated with the VBT was very similar to 2016’s level, amounting to €944 million. This figure is 1.9% higher than that recorded for 2015 […]
Wed 04/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Production data released by Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture reveals that the 2017 tomato harvest was slightly up on the 2016 volumes (+1.4%). “Summer” tomato production (June- September harvest) increased by […]
Mon 12/03/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Spain recorded a slight increase in the value of its fresh produce exports to countries outside the EU in 2017, according to new data from the country’s Customs and Excise […]
Thu 01/02/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
Poor weather conditions have led to estimates of Morocco’s citrus exports for the 2017/18 season to be revised downward. The high summer temperatures negatively impacted the flowering and fruiting stages […]
Tue 16/01/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Between January and October 2017, China imported more fresh fruits compared with the same period last year, in both quantity and value terms. Export volumes were similar to last year’s. […]
Wed 03/01/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The total planted area of Israeli citrus production in MY 2017/18 is 18,800 ha, which is a 0.5% down from MY 2016/17. Of this area, 21% is occupied by orange […]
Wed 20/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Global grape production flat in 2017/17 World production of table grapes in the 2017/18 campaign is expected to remain stable at 22.7 million tons as gains in China and India […]
Fri 15/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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EU agri-food exports remained high in September 2017 at €11.7 billion. Meanwhile, agri-food imports to the EU dropped to a monthly value of €8.8 billion, making a trade surplus of […]
Mon 04/12/2017 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
