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  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

  For some time HillFresh has been working with supplier Tropicales del Valle from Costa Rica, a supplier who has obtained an impressive place on the pineapple market in the past nine years. “Tropicales del Valle is a large player with a total production of 7 million cartons per year.Continue Reading

  The Ministry of Commerce has instructed its southern provincial offices across the region to develop a plan to keep the supply of fruit under control during the rainy season.   Deputy Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce, Somchart Soithong said an estimated 460,000 tons of monsoon season fruits,Continue Reading

  The President of the Pineapple Product System, Jose Ramirez Meza, said that 80% of the pineapple products didn’t have a fixed market because there was no organization among pineapple producers, a situation that affected them economically.   He said that only 20% of the more than 500 producers inContinue Reading

    Last week, we focused on the pineapple sales challenges in Xuwen County in Guangdong province. How will the pineapple sales situation be in Hainan province that is close to Xuwen county?   “Generally speaking, Hainan pineapples come to the market between February and May, which is earlier thanContinue Reading

  The Council of Agriculture, through the Andalusian Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), is studying to carry out joint actions in research and training together with the Spanish Association of Tropical Fruit Producers.   To this end, the president of IFAPA, Jerónimo Pérez, and his teamContinue Reading

 by Kelly den Herder, Fresh Plaza     Rambutan and mangosteen are two exotic fruits that are still little known in Europe, but whose supply is increasing gradually. The company Lafinita produces both of them in Guatemala and Ms Mayaali Poz talks about their characteristics, their production and their markets.  Continue Reading

    While last week Chile registered a lot of unexpected rainfall for this time of the year, in previous years, droughts had taken a severe toll on the avocado producing areas, from Santiago to the north of the South American country. “The lack of water has had a bigContinue Reading

    Anecoop’s cooperative partner, Coprohníjar, has presented the results of two new research projects developed by the UAL Anecoop Foundation, which demonstrate the benefits of papaya cultivation in greenhouses as a new alternative in the south east of the Iberian Peninsula.   These studies confirm that introducing the cultivationContinue Reading

  De Roeck en Zonen has been working with Sucre for 15 years already, and is the exclusive importer of fruit under this brand for Belgium. Watermelons have been back in the assortment for several weeks now. According to Patrick de Roeck, the name Sucre has not been chosen byContinue Reading