5% increase in Turkey’s peach and nectarine crop 

5% increase in Turkey’s peach and nectarine crop 
Turkey’s total peach and nectarine production for 2019/20 is expected to rise 5% to 830,000 tons, according to data published by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkSTAT). Yields and quality are […]
Mon 16/09/2019 by Richard WIlkinson

Taiwan’s peach crop contracts 25%

Taiwan’s peach crop contracts 25%
Taiwan’s peach and nectarine crop is predicted to contract 25% in 2019 to 17,000 tons, due to quality issues and lower domestic demand. The lower quality of this year’s crop […]
Fri 13/09/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

Chilean cherry exports to China continue to rocket

Chilean cherry exports to China continue to rocket
Chile has over 40,000 hectares of cherries, which leads to infrastructure development and employment opportunities. China is by far the main export market for Chilean cherries, receiving over 80% of […]
Wed 11/09/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

HaciendasBio sends abroad a 90% of the stone fruits

HaciendasBio sends abroad a 90% of the stone fruits
The total production of this Spanish company is splited among the European Union. 50%  is sent to Germany, 10% remains in Spain and the rest is distributed among other European […]
Wed 26/06/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

Abysmal state of market for Valencia’s stone fruit

Abysmal state of market for Valencia’s stone fruit
Valencia’s stone fruit producers are gloomy about the prospects for the season ahead. Demand for the fruit is very low among European major retail chains, according to AVA-ASAJA. This is […]
Mon 03/06/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

14% increase in Spanish stone fruit crop

A bumper harvest is expected for Spain’s stone fruit, which is set to total 1.43 million tons in 2019 – a rise of 14% from last season in peaches. This […]
Thu 23/05/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

France bans imports of cherries produced with dimethoate

France bans imports of cherries produced with dimethoate
France has introduced an emergency measure to ban imports of cherries from other Member States or from third countries where phytopharmaceutical products containing the active substance dimethoate is used. France […]
Mon 20/05/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

Contrasting fortunes for EU peach and nectarine producers

Contrasting fortunes for EU peach and nectarine producers
After a positive 2016 campaign for EU peach and nectarine producers, 2017 was somewhat more complicated. The 2018 campaign saw a smaller crop due to frost damage in many areas […]
Mon 13/05/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

Hard times for EU apricot sector

Hard times for EU apricot sector
The 2018 apricot campaign in the EU was affected by adverse weather conditions, which reduced the yield. Nevertheless, the crop reached 566,000 tons, which is 6% above the 2013-17 average […]
Fri 10/05/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

Spanish stone fruit and grape campaigns on track

Spanish stone fruit and grape campaigns on track
Spain’s fruit producers and exporters association (Apoexpa) is satisfied with the 2018 fruit growing season and is looking forward to an improved 2019 campaign. At this point in the season, […]
Mon 29/04/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

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