APHIS removes Costa Rica from TR4-related restrictions after acknowledging error

APHIS has removed Costa Rica from a list of countries from which imports of parts of banana plants are now prohibited, following a complaint from the Central American country.

May 25 , 2021

Agronometrics in Charts: Low California and Chilean kiwifruit supplies lead to high prices

Volumes of kiwifruit from California and Chile were both down by nearly 70 percent in April, leading to the highest shipping point pricing in years.

May 25 , 2021

Q&A: Branding expert Lisa Cork On three positive macro trends

Perishable Pundit Jim Prevor recently chatted with branding expert Lisa Cork, who said that in the "upcoming decade we’re going to need different skills and different brand tools to position ourselves for success".

May 24 , 2021

North American table grape market faces "tricky transition"

The North American table grape market is facing a "tricky" transition throughout the end of May and into June with a potential for heavy concentration in early July, according to a multinational fruit supplier.

May 24 , 2021

Leading Spanish avocado producer claims record low water use in new project

Trops, the largest producer of Spanish avocado, has teamed up with digital agriculture company AgriSmart Data in a project that it claims has been able to reduce the amount of water trees need by half.

May 24 , 2021

"A number of factors": NZ apple exports forecast lower despite earlier optimism

The USDA has forecast that New Zealand's apple exports will end up around 14 percent down year-on-year despite earlier expectations of a near-record season.

May 24 , 2021

Costa Rica criticizes U.S.'s APHIS for inclusion in new TR4-related restrictions

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on Thursday that it was prohibiting imports of certain plant parts of all banana and plantain species from numerous countries, including Costa Rica.

May 24 , 2021

Australian table grape growers losing millions in potential extension of trade war - report

Australian growers say containers of fresh table grapes that would normally clear China's customs authorities in one or two days have been delayed by up to 20 days, sometimes without refrigeration.

May 21 , 2021

U.S. avocado consumption to continue setting records - Rabobank

According to a market update from Rabobank, shipments reached an all-time high in January of this year at close to 320 million pounds, up about 33 percent year-on-year.

May 21 , 2021

Global fresh produce trade volumes trend downward

Global volumes of produce trade have seen a decline since the peak was reached in 2018, down to 87 million tons of global trade in 2020, a tendency explained as an overall deceleration in the growth of booming categories, which has now been accentuated by pandemic disruptions over the past season. 

May 21 , 2021