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Last autumn, the French parliament passed a new farm and food law to raise farmers’ income by distributing a larger share of the added value of food products to the […]
Tue 12/02/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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EU apple imports are projected to soar five-fold over the next decade, according to an EU commissioned Agricultural Outlook report. Meanwhile, a reduction in growing area combined with increasing productivity […]
Tue 11/12/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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On August 15, 2018, President Erdogan of Turkey introduced a second round of countermeasures on products of US origin. This doubles the additional levies that were implemented on June 25, […]
Wed 10/10/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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EU agri-food exports in April 2018 were €11.1 billion, while imports totalled €9.6 billion. This meant a 3.7% rise in exports and a 2% fall in imports compared to April […]
Thu 30/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The EU’s agri-food trade in May 2018 remained little changed from April 2018, at €11.2 billion in exports and EUR 10.0 billion in imports. Although export value was 5.7% lower […]
Tue 24/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Customs data for the first quarter of the year show that Spain imported 1% more fresh produce (823,000 tons) than over the same period last year. Most of the rise […]
Thu 31/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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During the first two months of 2018, China’s fruit imports jumped 22% in volume and 58% in value. The main contributors to this growth are cherries, oranges, blueberries, and bananas. […]
Wed 11/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Russian imports of fresh fruit and vegetables have grown considerably over the past year. The total of 7.1 million tons arriving from abroad in 2017 constitutes a rise of 17% […]
Wed 11/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Imports of fresh produce are being passed off as PGI products grown in Sicily. This is the assertion of the island’s Regional Councilor for Agriculture, Edy Bandiera. Containers of unlabeled […]
Wed 04/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Russia’s agriculture safety watchdog said on March 28 that it is to allow tomato imports from two more Turkish firms as of March 29. This will take to twelve the […]
Tue 03/04/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The 4.4 million tons of fresh fruit China imported in 2017 constituted a rise of 12%. This result is in sharp contrast with that of 2016, when fresh fruit imports […]
Tue 13/03/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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China’s avocado imports jumped by about 50% from 2010 to 2016. Data from Chinese Customs indicates that the country imported 25,000 tons of avocado in 2016, a 57% year-on-year growth […]
Thu 01/02/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
