SOURCE: Associates Times At a Sitting of the House of Assembly, the Minister for Agriculture stated that the fortunes of Saint Lucia’s banana industry were changing for the better. “I am happy to report that we have recommenced the shipment of bananas to the UK for the past nine weeks.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Roy G, Produce Report China’s domestic banana production area has decreased in recent years, and overall output is low. To fill the gap in the domestic market, China has increased its imports of bananas, with Vietnam the primary supplier. In 2017, China imported a total of 1.04 million tonsContinue Reading
SOURCE: East Mojo Assam has started export of jackfruit and green chilli to Dubai from here, officials said on Saturday. The consignment was flagged off by Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Anbamuthan MP on Friday evening from Bilasipara town for the Lokapriyo Gopinath Bordoloi Airport from where it will leave for MumbaiContinue Reading
SOURCE: Kendy, Nation News The St Lucia government says it is encouraged by the talks held with an established buyer on the possibility of using Antigua as a distribution hub for the sale of bananas to countries in the region “Currently, we are moving between 2 000 and 2 500Continue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Net Dragon fruit prices have fallen off a cliff after the impasse at the China border due to COVID-19 fears held up Vietnamese trucks laden with various goods since late of last year. Pham Kim Lam, a farmer in Ham Thuan Bac District, said the current dragon fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: Bangkok Post The Commerce Ministry is upbeat about fruit export prospects, predicting outbound shipments to grow by 15% this year while pledging to speed up tackling existing export obstacles and promoting sales via advance contracts. Speaking after a joint meeting with responsible officials, fruit traders, farmers, wholesalers and retailers,Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Nation Last year China has temporarily banned the import of longans from Chanthaburi after they had found traces of insecticides that are not approved by the Chinese government,” said Patchaphon Meunjaeng, deputy director-general of Department of Agriculture on Tuesday. “The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has coordinated withContinue Reading
SOURCE: Lucía Vásconez, El Comercio TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Data published by the Central Bank of Ecuador (ECB) confirms that banana and plantain exports between January and August 2021 have decreased when compared to the same period of the previous year. In this period, shipments of Musaceae to international markets reached aContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star In the five years since 2016, the value of durian exports abroad has grown by RM74.8 million or 107 per cent, said Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah. He said the great response to Malaysian durians had caused the value of durianContinue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza In 2019 Ghana exported $10 million of pineapples to the worldwide market as global demand for the fruit was increasing. “We received a number of requests for fresh pineapples,” said Stephen Mintah General Manager of Sea Freight Pineapple exporters of Ghana. “Because of our climatic conditions we canContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mexico News Daily Mexico is now the world’s biggest exporter of papaya and sits in third place in terms of volume produced, which grew 3.2% last year. The country has 44.7% of the global export market, followed by Guatemala and Brazil, and became the third biggest producer in 2019,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Daily Times As mango season has started, producers of the fruit are ready to export the product to the international market with a special focus on the Iranian market for being a close neighbor of the country. Pakistan is the fourth largest mango producer in the world and theContinue Reading