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  A single avocado in New Zealand can set buyers back five dollars. Since April last year, prices have doubled and are now at their highest level since July 2005, according to Statistics New Zealand.   Chief executive of NZ Avocado Jen Scoular told Fairfax the demand for avocados hasContinue Reading

  According to a study of ProColombia, European consumers no longer view tropical fruits, such as mango, purple passion fruit, coconut, and pineapple, as exotic South American fruits but as superfood that are part of their daily diet.   According to the report, there is a growing trend in EuropeContinue Reading

  Cuba continues exporting pineapples to the European market, and the country plans to export some 1,200 tons of the MD-2 pineapple hybrid variety to Europe this year.   Florentino Delgado, the commercial manager of the Ministry of Agriculture in Ciego de Avila, told Prensa Latina that the main shipmentsContinue Reading

by Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet   HLB Specialties, North America’s largest Golden papaya importer, is reporting continuous shortages in Brazilian supplies due to the extraordinary heat and El Niño-related drought of recent months. The shortages are expected to last throughout July.   The company sources from four different growers, including CalimanContinue Reading

  According to the latest data of the European Statistics Office, Eurostat, in 2015, Community imports of fresh fruit from third countries increased by 11% in value and 3% in volume over the previous year, as they amounted to 11,824 million Euro and 11,845,466 tons. The banana was the mostContinue Reading

  The sunny weather from the past few days was much needed for the sales of summer fruit. “We really needed the sun, but the sales of watermelons are going well. And, luckily, demand is not falling considering the less than ideal weather forecast for the coming weekend. We haveContinue Reading

  North America’s largest Golden Papaya importer is reporting continuous shortages in the Brazilian papaya supply, caused by extraordinary heat and El Niño-related drought in the previous months. The shortages are expected to last throughout July.   HLB Specialties sources from four different Brazilian papaya growers, including Caliman Agricola, theContinue Reading

  In Xuwen County, the main pineapple production area in China, the pineapple price had fallen to the lowest point in nearly 20 years. Recently, the prices had slightly improved, but local grower are still facing substantial losses.   Currently Xuwen County accounts for a total of 18,000 hectares ofContinue Reading

by Sander Bruins Slot, Fresh Plaza   Strong demand for avocados has made for a short market for the fruit in Europe. With Israel, Chile and Spain finishing up their respective seasons, supplies from South Africa and Peru haven’t been enough to satisfy current demand.   “Demand is growing between 20Continue Reading

  The largest importer of golden papayas in North America expects a shortage from Brazil to last through July, following unprecedented drought conditions in the state of Espirito Santo.   In a release, HLB Specialties said the El Niño weather event over previous months led to extraordinary heat, drying up reservoirs.   HLB sourcesContinue Reading

  In an expedited court hearing, the New Zealand High Court has ordered kiwifruit industry regulator Kiwifruit New Zealand (NZ) to reconsider collaborative marketing proposals put forward by Splice Fruit and Seeka Kiwifruit that were previously rejected by the Kiwifruit NZ board.   Kiwifruit NZ board had rejected proposals byContinue Reading