SOURCE: Xinhua Kenya’s integrated agro-business firm Kakuzi confirmed Tuesday it has secured pre-shipment approval from the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), the country’s plant health regulatory agency, for its second fresh avocado shipment to China. Kakuzi Managing Director Christopher Flowers said the company will be shipping several 20-foot containerContinue Reading
SOURCE: Baidu TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Before the harvest in 2022, JD.com released the “2018-2022 Landmark Agricultural Products Upward Trend Report” (hereinafter referred to as the “Report”), which sorted out the upward trend characteristics, category structure changes, market trends and distribution, and consumer portraits of landmark agricultural products in various provinces fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Global Times Durian from Southeast Asia has found more channels and pathways into the vast Chinese market ahead of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on September 10, as companies come up with nouveau ways of serving the mooncake, the festival’s signature snack. The new trend, together with theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Gerald Andae, Business Daily Africa Malaysia and India are the latest big buyers eyeing Kenya’s avocado after China as the fruit continues to attract more international markets. The Business Daily has learnt that officials from Malaysia are currently in the country carrying out a pest risk analysis on theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sina Finance TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Currently, China’s banana market is in its low season of consumption. As the market lacks a sustained positive boost, China’s banana imports were 124,000 tons in July 2022, a decrease of 20.20% month-on-month. The average price of imported bananas was about 624.24 US dollars/ton inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report, China TRANSLATION: Produce Report On Aug. 15, Indonesian pineapples became the latest in a spurt of new fresh fruit items permitted for import into China. A Chinese-language announcement from the General Administration of Customs of China recapped the contents of the phytosanitary protocols for fresh pineapples agreedContinue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza The lockdown in Shanghai is over and the sales of import pineapples have resumed, but market conditions are chaotic. The sales figures are not as good as traders anticipated. One seller of Philippine pineapples in Jiaxing Wholesale Market recently talked about current conditions in the market. “Sales ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: People’s Daily Online TRANSLATION: Freshplaza The Cambodian Banana Association Alliance held a symposium for member companies in Phnom Penh on August 6. More than 50 representatives from alliance member companies and guests from all sectors attended the event. Chen Qisheng, Vice President of Cambodia Chinese Chamber of Commerce andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Weixin TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Currently, in the Hainan banana production area, the mainstream price of high-quality products is around 3.2RMB/kg. Since the price of bananas fell, at present, the market has stabilized and there is an upward trend. Affected by typhoon “Siamba”, bananas in some production areas in Hainan wereContinue Reading
SOURCE: Linda Lew, Bloomberg/The Edge Markets Hong Kong ordered 440 pounds of mangoes imported from Taiwan tossed out after finding traces of coronavirus on the skin of just one of the orange-hued fruits. The move is part of the once vibrant Asian financial hub’s efforts to reduce the risk ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Food World TRANSLATION: Freshplaza According to the National Animal and Plant Health and Epidemiology and Quarantine Consulting Office (SPS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, the General Administration of Customs of China issued a document agreeing to import passion fruit from Vietnam in a pilotContinue Reading
SOURCE: Pakistan Observer China-Pak mango cooperation will give impetus to king of fruit industry, according to a report published by China Economic Net (CEN) on Sunday. There is a dire need for joint ventures with China for establishing quality enhancement centres, fruit processing units, dehydration plants, drip irrigation and coldContinue Reading