SOURCE: Hurriyet Daily News Türkiye’s tropical fruit exports exhibited an 85 percent increase last year from 2020 to amount to $13 million, according to a trade group. In the first half of 2022, exports already reached $7.9 million, said Hayrettin Uçak, the head of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and VegetableContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zarrah Morden, Malay Mail High demand coupled with limited supply of liquid nitrogen in Malaysia may cut the country’s durian exports, especially to China, hurting revenue for local producers, The Malaysian Insight reported today. Citing Duricious Sdn Bhd founder Simon Chin, the news portal reported that more Malaysian entrepreneursContinue Reading
SOURCE: New Strait Times From the crunchy yellow flesh of the jackfruit to the natural coconut water, Thailand’s diversified fruit exports have been gaining ground among health-conscious consumers around the world thanks to their health benefits and innovative packaging. In a statement, Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) of theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Plus The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is seeking to expand the areas under various fruits to help increase farmers’ incomes and exports. The country’s largest fruit-growing province has 14,000ha under durian in Cai Lay and Cai Be districts and Cai Lay town, 9,000ha under 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: Fred Mientjes, Fruitnet The Kenyan avocado industry has received a welcome boost with China granting access to its fresh products. The deal to export avocados to China, which was originally agreed in April 2019 between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, has finally come toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet Dragon fruit industry sweats on 300,000 tonnes of fruit as harvest nears and China restricts trade China’s decision to restrict dragon fruit imports from Vietnam has left growers with around 300,000 tonnes of nearly ripe fruit and a lack of buyers. According to a report fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sina TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Due to the continuous influence of the double-festival effect, the market for imported fruit transactions in October still showed a strong sales trend. According to statistics, the transaction volume of imported fruits increased by 42.24% year-on-year; the transaction volume increased by 98% year-on-year. The overall averageContinue Reading
SOURCE: Richard Smoley, Produce Blueprint Every now and then, it’s a good idea to step back and look at the proverbial Big Picture. The recently released OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook, which covers the present to 2030, provides that opportunity. (OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; FAO = Food andContinue Reading
The Lancang/Mekong river originates from the Tibetan plateau in China and ends at the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism launched in 2016, signifies the multilateral cooperation between riparian states along the 4,350 km river comprising Cambodia, PR China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Agriculture isContinue Reading
SOURCE: Asia News Network, Phnom Penh Post Vietnam’s agricultural sector has determined to improve quality to meet import market standards and achieve the export target of $10 billion by 2030. Vietnam Vegetables Association secretary-general Dang Phuc Nguyen said new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) such as the EU-Vietnam Free Trade AgreementContinue Reading
SOURCE: Gillian Caliste, Trinidad and Tobago Guardian A mango tree expected to bear eight types of mangoes and a tree that will yield both balata and sapodilla. These are some of the innovative offerings of Rajesh Ram and Sadee Sanichar-Ram of the Exotic Fruit Plant Shed in New Grant, PrincesContinue Reading