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Exports play a decisive role for the French fruit sector, accounting for 46% of production. For some products, this share reaches almost 50%, as is the case for apples and […]
Mon 05/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Canada’s imports of fresh apples in the 2016/17 marketing year are set to slip 2% on the previous year to about 225,000 tons. A recent GAIN report also says that […]
Thu 01/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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According to UN statistics, in recent years China’s imports of fresh fruit and vegetables have exceeded its exports, a trend that continued in the first half of this year. In […]
Wed 30/11/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Taiwan’s apple imports for the 2016/17 marketing year are forecast to total 160,000 tons, down 5% on last year’s record 169,000 tons, reports the USDA. “A decline in price competitiveness of imported […]
Tue 22/11/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Over the last 3 years, volumes have increased by 8% for vegetables and 5% for fruit. Sweden and Norway are the top importers for both the fruit and vegetable categories. […]
Tue 15/11/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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There has also been a 10% upswing in the past five years. In 2015, more than 160 countries together imported 6.6 billion tons of fresh apples, up 7% on the […]
Fri 07/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The past summer was rather unpredictable for fruit sales, and citrus fruit in particular, reports Peter Komarov, import manager from Globus Group, one of the largest Russian fruit importers. The […]
Tue 27/09/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Due to continuous deliveries of food considered unsafe from a phytosanitary point of view, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, the Rosselkhoznadzor, has imposed a provisional embargo […]
Tue 20/09/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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China still continues to increase its imports of fresh produce. Total imports reached US$ 641.91 million in May 2016, 2.3% more than for the same period last year. The main […]
Thu 08/09/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Lemon and lime imports into the EU – a net importer of lemons – reached 399,040 tons in the 2014/15 marketing year (November-October), a 5% rise on the previous year. […]
Tue 21/06/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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China will become the world’s largest market for imported foods by 2018, forecasts the National Bureau of Statistics of China. And the massive, ongoing migration of more than 300 million […]
Mon 13/06/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Al Bashiri is a company with a 12-year history in importing supplies in different markets and supermarkets in Saudi Arabia: fruit and vegetables from Argentina, Chile, the US, South Africa, France, […]
Fri 10/06/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
