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Colombia avocados: Corpohass targets exports of $400M by 2025

Colombian Hass avocado association CorpoHass has held the first ever national roundtable event for the country's exporters, as it seeks to ramp up shipments of the fruit.
October 15 , 2021

U.S. market to see "substantial growth" in Chilean cherry imports this season

The Chilean Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) also said that for the first time, the U.S. export season will run more than 12 weeks, from November through February. 
October 15 , 2021

Agronometrics in Charts: The lessons in 20 years of U.S. grape market data

Looking back on two decades of grape market data in the U.S. market can reveal quite a bit about how the category has developed, where it is today and where it could be headed.
October 14 , 2021

Sun World promotes Melillo to Vice President of Grower Support Services

Sun World International LLC has appointed Michele Melillo to the new position of Vice President of Grower Support Services. Melillo recently managed the company’s agronomic support activities.
October 14 , 2021

Grape industry leaders awarded by Spain's Apoexpa at Fruit Attraction

Organized by the Association of Producers-Exporters of Fruit, Table Grapes and Other Agricultural Products (Apoexpa), the awards ceremony was held on the second night of the international trade fair to distinguish people who support the growth and internationalization of the Murcian table grape sector.
October 14 , 2021

XVII International Banana Convention to analyze current state of global sector

The XVIII International Banana Convention in Guayaquil, Ecuador, organized by the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE), is getting closer and closer.
October 14 , 2021

Port of Savannah looks to feds for help unclogging jam

With an agreement — which could include some federal money — the clog of containers at the port would be thinned and the cargo could wait for pick-up at places that are likely closer to its final destinations.
October 14 , 2021

"Step up": Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks, announces measures at major ports

The U.S. president, facing grim opinion polls and a stalling legislative agenda, is eager to avert fresh political damage from choked ports, highways and railways resulting in higher prices and empty shelves.
October 14 , 2021

Chile forecasts huge increase in avocado production for 2021-22

Having experiencing several years of limited or negative growth, the Chilean avocado industry is now forecast to buck the trend.
October 14 , 2021

Leading fruit producer Mapeks Organics increases product quality and capacity with the TOMRA Blizzard

PRESS RELEASE A pioneering leader in organic agriculture, Mapeks was founded in Izmir, Turkey, in 1999. From its four production facilities in the country - in Bilecik, Usak, Afyon, and Malatya - the company markets 35 different organic fruits to 80 countries on seven continents. As well as exporting frozen cherries, sour cherries, apricots, and […]
October 13 , 2021