Exciting Changes at HLB Tropical Food

Exciting Changes at HLB Tropical Food
The German tropical fruit importer and distributor HLB Tropical Food GmbH is announcing some major personnel changes in its Kelsterbach headquarters. As of August 2019, Mr. Lorenz Hartmann de Barros […]
Tue 10/12/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

China’s retail sales of avocados up 72%

China’s retail sales of avocados up 72%
China looks set to become the world’s number-one consumer of avocados. This is the opinion of Pagoda’s general manager, Peter Zhu, speaking at the World Avocado Congress in Colombia. With […]
Wed 30/10/2019 by Richard WIlkinson

Great-Sun Foods to expand to Malaysia

Great-Sun Foods to expand to Malaysia
Chinese produce expert Great-Sun Foods is to invest US$39.6m in opening a new tropical fruit production base in Malaysia, according to Beijing News. The base will consist of a modern […]
Tue 29/10/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

Spanish avocado export volumes rise as prices tumble

Spanish avocado exports were up again this year, rising 6% from the previous campaign. However, the lower sale price meant the value of the exports was actually 1% lower than […]
Thu 17/10/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

25% drop in South Africa’s avocado production

25% drop in South Africa’s avocado production
South Africa’s booming avocado production experienced a setback in 2018/19, with output dropping 25% to 127,000 tons. The major factors contributing to this decline were the lower yields, premature fruit […]
Fri 13/09/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

First Indian mangoes shipped to Europe by sea

First Indian mangoes shipped to Europe by sea
India’s Uttar Pradesh state has shipped its first container of mangoes to Europe, according to The Times of India. A cargo of ten tons of the Chausa variety was shipped […]
Wed 11/09/2019 by Richard WIlkinson

DFT, high-quality Guatemalan mango

DFT (Distribuidora de Frutas Tropicales) is a Guatemalan company founded in 2000 that grows, packages and markets mangoes of the Tommy Atkins, Ataulfo, Kent and Keitt varieties. Luis Carlos Martínez, […]
Thu 15/08/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

GO MANGO, expects to double production in under 3 years

Since 2001, GO MANGO has been producing Keitt mangoes in Puerto Rico. It currently has 1,000 acres in production, representing 200 annual export containers, and 500 acres are now being […]
Tue 30/07/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

68 million boxes of Mexican mango for 2019

Empacadoras de Mango de Exportación (EMEX) will turn 28 in October. It groups 75 mango packers in Mexico with a hydrothermal treatment plant for the export of mango to international […]
Mon 29/07/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

Aurora Fresh, seeks to export mango to Asia in 2019

Aurora Fresh begins a year of many challenges, with a special focus on Asia. Already present in markets such as Europe, which accounts for almost half of its exports, as […]
Mon 29/07/2019 by Richard Wilkinson

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