SOURCE: Clara Hernanz Lizarraga and Ainhoa Goyeneche, Bloomberg When Manuel Lavao planted some of Europe’s very first avocado orchards in 1978 in La Axarquía, a sun-soaked stretch of southern Spain, he helped usher in decades of growth for the continent’s exotic fruit sector. Almost a half-century later, he’s pulling upContinue Reading
The import of avocados in Morocco will hit a record high this year, despite having a well-developed local production sector, according to EastFruit. By the end of 2022, Morocco was the ninth largest exporter of avocados in the world, but in the first nine months of this year alone, itContinue Reading
SOURCE: Khaosod Thailand has recently signed the deal to export 5,000 tons of bananas to Japan after a labour shortage during the previous government hampered the order. Chantapun Bunjamanon, director of the International Trade Promotion Department in Tokyo, said the office had previously worked with the Nakhon Ratchasima provincial tradeContinue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Blue Book November 28, 2023 – Dole Food Company announced it is now offering high quality dragon fruit to consumers across the western United States and Canada. As the year 2024 approaches, ushering in the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese calendar, the DOLE Dragon Fruit,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Japan Times Australia is seeking to increase mango exports to Japan following the recent removal of restrictions on the varieties of the fruit that can be shipped to a market it sees as having growth potential. Australia wants to take advantage of its mango season, which is different fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Merco Press Banana producers in Paraguay and Bolivia have agreed to resume shipments to Argentina after the outgoing administration of President Alberto Fernández authorized the use of foreign currency to pay for those imports. The decision came after Argentine officials met with producers and exporters from the two countries,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Fruitnet Queensland-grown bananas and melons have been shipped to Japan, in an Australia-first trial aimed at breaking into the potentially lucrative Japanese market. The red-wax-tipped Ecoganic bananas, grown in north Queensland by Pacific Coast Produce, have been sent to a banana tasting and promotion event in high-end Tokyo retailContinue Reading
SOURCE: RBC In October of the year, banana prices in Russia surged to 1.43 euros per kilogram for the first time, as reported by Rosstat. Experts attribute the increase to the weakening ruble and supplier procurement costs. The ruble’s decline against global currencies in the summer of 2023 impacted theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Matt Brann, ABC News Mangoes from the Northern Territory touched down in Los Angeles this week and are selling for $US8.99 each, which in Australian dollars is nearly $14 a mango. Manbulloo Mangoes’ supply chain advisor, Scott Ledger, travelled to California to oversee the arrival of the company’s R2E2Continue Reading
SOURCE: Fresh Fruit Portal The global pineapple market is expanding, with growth projections from $27 billion in 2023 to $36 billion by 2028. The research firm Mordor Intelligence found that the Asia-Pacific region was the largest pineapple producer in 2021, with 13 million metric tons accounting for 41% of globalContinue Reading
SOURCE: Hamza Hendawi, The National News Summer in Egypt was so hot this year that the managers of a 40-hectare orchard in the Nile Delta had to wrap each fruit on its mango trees with paper to shield them from the heat. They also coated the orchard’s oranges with kaolin,Continue Reading
While Maharashtra takes pride in its Alphonso, for which it acquired a GI Tag in October 2018, people of the state are proving not to be Alphonso purists but rather big lovers of the mango. So much so, that when the first lot of Malawi mangoes, which are identical toContinue Reading