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The storm affected farms in Río Negro with more than 2,700 hectares of apples and pears feared lost.
While import volumes continue to rise, China saw its fruit exports drop further, making 2022 the third successive year of falling volumes.
At least two Turkish ports have suspended operations after powerful earthquakes, including Iskenderun which has reportedly suffered structural damage.
The Chilean logistics service provider has launched an innovative tracking system that allows its clients to track cargo in real time.
The port operator's two UK container ports in Southampton and London Gateway posted a record throughput in 2022.
The Maersk subsidiary has moved its transshipment service for Argentinean apples and pears back to Brazil after transiting via Montevideo in 2022.
Contrary to expectations, the volume of citrus exported to Russia in 2022 exceeded the previous three years' volumes, according to the Citrus Growers' Association.
Despite its Zero Covid policy, China imported 7.33m MT or US$14.6bn worth of fruit in 2022, representing year-on-year increases of 4% and 8%, respectively.
Producers say that the quality of New Zealand's most valuable vegetable export crop will likely be affected by the recent torrential rains.
After lifting the import ban on Bangladeshi potatoes, Russia has signalled interest in importing other fruit and vegetables.
A surge in demand from China has left exporters scrambling to find additional fruit, with the price paid to producers tripling from previous highs.
The German distributor behind the BE CLIMATE initiative highlights the relationship with Hungarian cucumber producer Zeiler Hungária as a Port partnership paradigm.
The Italian multinational says it expects double-digit percentage year-on-year increases in sales revenue, Ebitda and net profit for 2023.
Working in partnership with Maersk, the Chilean railway freight company successfully completed the rail transport of more than 360 reefer containers from Maule to the port of San Antonio.
Peru has already lost 5% of table grapes forecast for export in the 2022/23 campaign due to roadblocks and if protests are repeated, shippers warn it could lose a further 5%.
While exported volumes to date are 8% lower year-on-year, peak volumes are expected over the next few weeks as various cultivars ripen, according to SATI.
With only one commercial citrus producer in the County, the immediate threat to the broader Californian citrus industry is being downplayed.
The combination of new trade deals and China relaxing its Zero Covid policy has shown significant early dividends for Vietnamese fruit shippers.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' report says squeezed margins have exerted a severe impact on the sustainability of the banana industry.
Freight rates will keep declining in the current realignment of shipping demand and supply, says Hapag Lloyd, the world's number 5 carrier by container capacity.
New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc says there is a 'high level of concern' about the marketer's systems, which allowed for the most recent forecast to be so wrong.
Bayer is to become the exclusive distributor of select M2i products targeting lepidoptera pests in crops that include stone and pome fruits, tomatoes and grapes.
More than 1.1 tonnes of cocaine have been seized in the port of Guayaquil inside a reefer container with boxes of bananas bound for Belgium.
The multinational has signed a partnership agreement with Talc Investment’s Moze Holding to sell Del Monte branded bananas in the Middle East and North Africa.
Kiwifruit imported into the US will be eligible for the change in minimum size and shape standards, as required by section 608e of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1937.
The Georgia Ports Authority board has approved the US$6.2m construction of seven additional refrigerated container racks at the port to stay ahead of the anticipated growth in demand.
The Citrus Growers Association of South Africa says the issue of the EU cold treatment restrictions needs to be resolved ahead of the 2023 season.
A mushroom supplier to UK retailer Tesco says it has seen demand for exotic mushrooms triple in the past three years as plant-based foods grow in popularity.
Shipping marginally fewer containers year-on-year, the German carrier saw a 43% rise in average freight rates and a 79% increase in EBITDA.
Turkey has shipped 3.4m MT of citrus shipped to Russia over the past 5 years, with a record annual value of US$429m set in 2022.
The multinational says its Fresh Vegetables Division, which reported revenue of US$1.28bn in 2021, is to be sold for US$293m to Chiquita.
Guatemala became the world's second-largest exporter of bananas in 2022 as the Philippines struggles with TR4, high input costs and increasing competition for the Chinese market.
The containership on the MSC Andes service carrying fruit from Chile and Peru to the US east coast is moored in the port of Rodman, Panama.
The California Avocado Commission estimate is for a 117K MT Californian avocado crop, down 8K MT from the 125K MT crop in 2021/22.
At 20.4m cartons, the export volume of New Zealand apples is forecast to be similar to last year with good quality and size being a feature, according to the industry body.
The carrier says it is to retire the brands of subsidiaries Hamburg Süd, containerisation pioneer Sealand, Senator, LF Logistics and Twill.
South Africa will ship approximately 1m cartons fewer apples and pears year-on-year as a result of hail experienced in the Ceres and Langkloof production regions.
An A$1.2m Hort Innovation programme is designed to increase the percentage of cherries exported to 40% of production within 2 years.
The EU's largest independent banana distributor has been given the green light to invest €25m in the first stage of the construction of a 50-hectare greenhouse facility in Dumbraveni.
Along with the increase in citrus shipments to the US, the 8-fold year-on-year increase in lemon exports to China was a bright spot for South African shippers this season.
The harshest winter since 2008 is contributing to shortages of vegetables across Central Asia, with prices high in a region suffering from COVID-induced food inflation.
The combination of shipping delays and heavy rain affecting the domestic crop has led to a short supply in supermarkets throughout the country.
The Global Coalition of Fresh Produce is calling for urgent policy measures to safeguard the supply of fruits and vegetables to consumers.
After a period of almost two years defined by record high prices, spot rates on Europe to Asia voyages are now below contract prices for the first time since October 2019.
The year-on-year reduction in volume from the world's leading exporter is equivalent to approximately 45% of the annual total shipped by Costa Rica, according to Acorbanec figures.
After growing consistently over the past decade, the global production of lemons is forecast to slip in 2022/23 and exports are also projected lower.
Scotland's largest freight hub has delivered a bumper potato season with 65,000 tonnes of seed potato exported in approximately 3,500 reefer containers.
The Greenyard subsidiary claims the truck will be able to deliver 180K MT of fresh fruit and vegetables per annum to retail partner Delhaize.
The Venezuelan government declares a state of emergency after Panama disease TR4 is confirmed in banana plantations in 3 provinces.
Within the next five years Greece may be exporting roughly 600K MT of kiwifruit per annum, overtaking New Zealand and Italy to become the world's largest exporter.
After shipping a record 766K MT last season, exports are on course for a total of between 400K-450K MT in 2022/23.
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has implemented the first phase of two initiatives to plant 49m fruit and lemon trees as part of the Saudi Green Initiative.
The Florida citrus industry is to seek between US$387m-$635m in relief after the hurricane caused widespread damage to crops last September.
The combination of falling production and rising demand has led to a significant rise in imports of chipping and table potatoes.
The Asian citrus psyllid, the insect that spreads a bacterium that is fatal to citrus, has recently escaped the area in which the Ministry of Agriculture had it contained.
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and Maersk have mutually agreed to terminate, effective in January 2025, the present 2M alliance.
The United States International Trade Commission is to issue an order imposing anti-dumping duties on lemon juice imported from South Africa and Brazil.
New Zealand growers of green and green organic kiwifruit will not be getting February progress payments because of late season fruit quality issues creating extra costs.
Despite reporting good quality fruit, table grape exports are down year-on-year with shippers concerned about poor demand and weak pricing in EU markets.
An operation by the Guardia di Finanza and the Customs Agency led to the seizure of 180kgs of very pure cocaine at the Port of Livorno.
The United States imported almost 1.1m MT of pineapples in the first 11 months of 2022, up 6% on the previous record achieved in 2021.
Transnet Port Terminals said that fruit exporters had shipped more than 118,381 TEUs through the Cape Town Container Terminal despite weather challenges of wind and fog.
The integrated New Zealand grower/exporter says it has sold its Riwaka orchard in Nelson to the Fund's rural investment manager FarmRight.
Industry body British Apples & Pears says that a survey of its members revealed that 150,000 new apple and pear trees have been cancelled for this season.
According to agricultural organisation Hortifruti/Cepea, the 25% drop in volume is the result of a reduction in cultivated area, the crisis in Europe and high freight costs.
The initial estimate of a 7% loss in fruit shipped to Europe has been revised upwards to 20%, while claims have risen threefold year-on-year.
Several key US Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports report record-high container throughput in 2022, despite a drop-off in demand at the end of the year.
Growers are abandoning the crop as market prices are not reflecting the 20% increase in production costs.
The almost total loss of the Russian market in 2022 was mostly offset by the rise in demand from the Balkans.
This year, Sumo Citrus will land in more grocery stores due to an expanded distribution in the United States and also Canada.
At least 7 of the 32 Chinese ships cancelled by Panama’s Aquatic Resources Authority for illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing are large reefer vessels.
With citrus production trebling in only 7 years, citrus is now considered China's largest fruit category in terms of consumption and production.
In a Q/A session during a recent online event, Chilean fruit exporters association representative Claudia Soler said that of the 68K hectares planted to cherries, only 49% is under production.
Since 2009, the USDA has spent US$809m supporting more than 5,170 projects through its Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention Program.
Shippers hope that the year-on-year growth in mango exports will lead to trading opportunities for other fruit kinds.
The Agriculture Ministry declares a phytosanitary emergency after the first case of Citrus Greening disease huanglongbing is discovered in Bella Unión.
Russia's leading container terminal operator said that the increase in activity in the Far East in 2022 partially offset the severe decline in throughput in the Baltic basin.
Government agency Odepa data indicates that despite a similar total export volume, cherries were the only fresh export commodity to increase in FOB value year-on-year.
The Japanese manufacturer claims that its modern controlled-atmosphere containers could facilitate a modal shift in the cut-flower segment away from airfreight.
