For perspective, the street value of 1kg of cocaine in Europe is approximately 5 times the value of a delivered, duty paid, 20-tonne container of Ecuadorian bananas.
While the export volume slumped 20% year-on-year in the first 6 months of the 2024/25 crop, the export value soared 43%.
Production woes and the loss of export markets see the global market share of Filipino banana exports slip behind Ecuador, Guatemala and Colombia in 2024.
Mild temperatures in autumn and winter have meant that broccoli and cauliflower crops have come up early, leaving fewer to be picked during spring.
Despite increasing sales revenue, the avocado distributor reported earnings that fell short of analyst expectations, sending shares down 7.7% in after-hours trading.
More than 100 containers have been rejected by China because the test results for carcinogenic dye 'Basic Yellow 2' were missing.
The growth in mango and melon exports in 2024 offset the decline in the volume and value of table grapes due to adverse weather conditions and logistical challenges.
Hundreds of hepatitis A infections will be tied to blueberries in the recall by the Dutch retailer, according to a spokesperson for Dutch public health institute RIVM.
The year-on-year volume and value of Peruvian mandarin shipments increased 19% and 35%, respectively, with Mexico taking second place in export destinations.
Spanish private equity firm Miura Partners has hired the investment bank to act as a financial advisor after negotiations with Canadian pension fund PSP broke down.
Global Sourcing Manager Tony Calvillo tells Portal Fruticola that the mode allows Peru to be more competitive, especially considering the increase in container rates.
In the 2023-2024 season, France exported 3.5m tonnes of potatoes for a total of nearly €1.2bn, two new records.
The Israeli carrier says it is proud to join a coalition that will make cold chain logistics eco-friendlier and more cost-effective.
The carrier has announced a significant route modification for its India-United States service, a change aimed at enhancing service quality by reducing transit times.
The State agriculture department is forecasting an export volume of 160K MT this season, up marginally on last year’s 157K MT.
Spanish agricultural organisation La Unió Llauradora is calling for the adoption of mirror clauses in trade agreements that require imported citrus to meet the same standards as those in the EU.
Operations at the facility, owned by Hainan Youqi Agricultural Company, China's largest durian producer, are expected to commence in June.
While the volume and value of Greek fruit and vegetables increased year-on-year, the volume of imports also rose sharply.
The Piura Regional Government is to work on an experimental project that will help evaluate the viability of banana subvarieties imported from Israel.
The UK retailer is introducing paper packaging across its own-brand avocadoes, which it says will save 20.2m pieces of plastic annually when fully rolled out.
While pricing is expected to rise ahead of the Chinese New Year, year-to-date market values are 30%-60% lower than last year, with smaller sizes worst affected.
National Interprofessional Kiwi Bureau estimates a 20% drop in harvested volumes as a result of climate issues and a lack of resources to combat pests.
According to Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision Rosselkhoznadzor, the volume of fruit and vegetable imports totalled 7.8m MT in 2024.
U.S. table grape production rebounded 31% to 845,000 MT with California vineyards making a full recovery after Hurricane Hilary wreaked havoc in August 2023.
Chinese officials have detected the presence of the unpermitted dye auramine O during food safety inspections of Thai durians.
The port tariff increases for financial year 2025-26 issued by the Ports Regulator of South Africa show are far lower than requested by the logistics paraststal.
The combination of strong demand, the threat of a port strike and a shortage of reefer containers has led to an early peak for both large and small reefer ships.
The value of Chilean fruit exports in 2024 was US$8.245bn, a 28.6% year-on-year increase according to the country's Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations.
The three orchard sales last year netted just under NZ$90m for one of New Zealand's leading growers and its largest organic apple producer.
The container shipping industry is poised for unprecedented growth as its orderbook hits historic highs.
The publicly listed logistics provider on the New Zealand Stock Exchange operates across 27 countries, with over 330 branches.
Canada will put retaliatory tariffs on American orange juice if US President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his threat to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian products.
Between October and December 2024 Morocco exported 42K MT of avocadoes, putting the country on course for a seasonal total of 90K MT.
The Compagnie des Bananes de Mondoni, formed only 18 months ago, accounted for 7% of Cameroon banana exports in 2024.
Shipments fell 11.2% by value in the first 11 months of last year, dragged down by a dramatic slump in Chinese imports and tough competition.
Significant detective work continues in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe, with no signs of any further Oriental fruit flies to date.
The hot summer has brought forward the William's BC pear harvest, which was given the official go-ahead yesterday.
The International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance have announced a tentative agreement on a new 6-year Master Contract.
Headway on the issue of port automation needs to be resolved by January 15 to avoid a new East and Gulf Coast ports strike.
A total of 11.86m cartons were exported up until Week 52, which is 20% more than the previous season, with no major delays or challenges at the Cape Town Container Terminal.
The port of Caldera officially began the 2024-2025 agricultural export season with the shipment of the first shipment of table grapes from the Copiapo valley.
As part of its revision of services for the coming year, the carrier says it intends to suspend its calls at terminals at Dutch Harbor and Kodiak.
The US Department of Defense alleges that China's state-owned shipping conglomerate and the container manufacturing giant have links to the Chinese military.
Of the near 600,000 tonnes of South African citrus imported into the EU in 2024, food safety agency Europhyt has confirmed a total of 31 single cases of Citrus Black Spot.
After a record crop in 2023/24, exports may be 350K MT, or 15% lower year-on-year as a result of unfavourable climate conditions.
One of the largest US orange growers and supplier to Tropicana is to wind down its citrus division, blaming disease and hurricanes for a decades-long decline in production.
The decision means that Chilean fresh fruit can be imported into China by combined sea/air shipments with transshipment through a third country.
Syros is a Belgian-based manufacturer of avocado products serving the European food and service industry as well as retail sectors.
While lemon and orange exports are forecast to show incremental growth year-on-year, the projection for mandarins is for a double-digit percentage rise.
Production volumes of oranges and mandarins are set to reach record levels in 2024/25, with exports estimated at close to 300K MT.
The Peruvian Association of Mango Producers and Exporters says export volumes will be 20% lower than first forecast.
China's overall citrus production in 2024/25 is forecast to grow, with the projected fall in the orange crop offset by an increase in soft citrus and grapefruit volumes.
The container carrier is urging shippers to collect reefer containers from East and Gulf Coast ports ahead of the 15 January deadline for ILA/USMX talks.
Biosecurity New Zealand says more than 100 additional fruit fly traps have been set up since an Oriental fruit fly was found in South Auckland.
The Californian citrus grower cooperative has unveiled a packaging design to commemorate the Lunar New Year holiday, which begins on January 29, 2025.
The laboratory testing requirement ban on the export of oranges to Malaysia has been lifted, paving the way for a resumption in trade.
Maine International Cold Storage Facility says it is planning to open a new cold storage warehouse near the Port of Portland early this year.
Citrus shipments are forecast to rise 30% year-on-year as the country benefits from a recovery in production and strong export markets.
Talks are set to resume early next week to avert a strike that would paralyse container ports on the US east and Gulf coasts.
South Africa will maintain its duty-free access to US markets despite strained relations over its ties with China, refusal to condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine, and its stance on Israel.
With November 2024 shipments 3.5m boxes higher year-on-year, Ecuador is on course to exceed 2023 exports, according to Acorbanec data.
There have been 12 different fruit fly outbreaks in Auckland and Northland since 1996, all of which were eradicated.
The Punjab government has announced a transformative investment of US$5.4m to revitalise the citrus industry, Pakistan's leading horticultural export sector.
The terminal operator at Chile's largest container port concluded the 2024 cherry season with an increase of more than 100% in export volume.
Thailand has restored market access to South African apples, offering exporters a chance to revive a US$20m per annum trade.
South Africa's state-owned rail and ports operator reported a wider H1 loss as failing infrastructure and security issues continue to hamper progress in turning the business around.
Following a tenfold rise in exports in 10 years and a recent successful trial shipment to the Netherlands, Russia is expected to emerge as a major market.
Peru shipped a total of 23,895 containers of Hass avocadoes in 2024, almost 10% fewer than the 26,377 containers shipped in 2023, according to the association.
Mandarin and grapefruit imports are forecast to rise in 2024/25, but orange imports may fall if emergency tariff rate quotas are not renewed.
At 54.8%, container line service schedule reliability in November hit the highest level of the year.
The first direct cold chain freight train carrying fruits from Vientiane in Laos to Huaihua in central China's Hunan Province arrived on New Year's Day.
The volume and value of fruit exported increased 44% and 30% in the first 9 months of 2024 with pipfruit, table grapes and citrus the principal export drivers.
Since the start of the war in October 2023, the citrus industry has faced several export and logistical issues that will continue to affect the forecast for 2024/25.
The increase will be underpinned by demand in the Asia Pacific region as Filipino exports respond to growing demand from China, Japan and Korea.
The Danish carrier tells customers that it has identified vessels that will be affected should a strike occur and is preparing contingency plans.
Portugal's Judiciary Police have intercepted 3.5 tonnes of cocaine concealed in a reefer container en route from Colombia.
The Philippines is expected to book savings worth US$189m on banana exports over 5 years as the Philippines-South Korea free trade agreement comes into force.
The MV Cold Stream is the first vessel in the reefer operator's Andes Express Service, launched to counter the shortage of reefer containers.
A strong US avocado market provided the basis for a 37% rise in sales revenue and quadrupling of net income in the fourth quarter.
The reefer lessor has partnered with Greensee to launch innovative solutions that redefine sustainability in the refrigerated transport sector.
