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Located in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, Salam is a supermarket with a two-floor 800 m2 sales space. It retails all kinds of food and household products. The company imports […]
Tue 20/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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In apricots, reports Roberto Bonalumi, produce manager for the Italian retail chain Crai, the trend has been towards brightly coloured varieties with the classic red tone, that are also full […]
Tue 20/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Romania is the EU’s most inexpensive country for fruit, vegetables and potatoes and Sweden the most expensive. And generally speaking, fruit and vegetable prices are higher in Northern Europe and […]
Tue 20/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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As of this January 1, the Rucip European Committee secretariat will effectively relocate from Paris to Brussels. From the same date, a new set of rules and practices will apply […]
Mon 19/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Australia’s orange exports are expected to reach a record of 230,000 tons in 2016/17, up 10.6% on the previous year. Greater demand in North Asian markets and higher production in […]
Thu 15/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Since its debut in Spain at the Fruit Attraction fair in Madrid in October, Ambrosia – an apple combining sweet taste, low acidity and a crisp bite – has been […]
Thu 15/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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After tomatoes and cucumbers, peppers come third in terms of area for growing vegetables under cover in Poland. The bell pepper harvest from open-field cultivation is much smaller than that […]
Wed 14/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Find out why Chile is in a leading position, how Argentina seeks to differentiate itself based on the taste of its blueberries, what is changing in terms of Mexico’s blueberry […]
Wed 14/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The stable volumes of fruit and vegetable purchases in the past 10 years mask large variations by species and a sharp rise in retail prices. These are the main lessons […]
Tue 13/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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EU-28 citrus production in the 2016/17 marketing year is likely to reach 11 million tons, meaning growth of 3.3% on 2015/16, according to USDA Foreign Agricultural Service analysts. The small […]
Tue 13/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Europe’s kiwi growers have hopes for better prices this season with new estimates showing their 2016/17 kiwi volume is forecast to slip 5% on the previous season, to under 700,000 […]
Tue 13/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The 2015/16 Italian apple season is coming to the end after a complex business year characterised from the outset by various critical factors. The most significant of these include: one […]
Mon 12/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
