Market Pulse week 40 -- 2010

Market situation in the Northern Hemisphere: blueberries, oranges and table grapes.

October 11 , 2010

Peruvian orange exports grow 69% in 2010

Peruvian orange showed the biggest leap in growth in the country’s citrus industry shipments from January to August 2010 with a total 6,200 metric tons

October 11 , 2010

Argentine fruit workers union, growers group remain at odds

A conflict between the Argentine fruit workers union and the Argentine fruit growers group continues to intensify after an agreement deadline passed on Thursday without action

October 11 , 2010

Chilean growers receive 16% of final sale, group says

Growers assert that sector profits are no higher than 10%

October 11 , 2010

New Zealand growers call on government for tighter regulation

Apple and Pear growers in New Zealand’s Tasman region have called on the country’s central government to tighten its control over the export industry, as is the case for kiwi.

October 08 , 2010

Principal New Zealand kiwi packers to merge

New Zealand’s Eastpack ltd and Satara Co-operative Ltda, two of the country’s largest Kiwi packers will merge their operations thus creating the country’s largest grower-owned post-harvest cooperative

October 08 , 2010

Turners & Growers ships first kiwis grown outside New Zealand

New Zealand-based kiwi grower Turners & Growers Ltd. shipped its first load of kiwis grown outside the country in its continuing resistance to Zespri control of kiwi export

October 08 , 2010

Latest round of EU-Ecuador FTA talks end without agreement

The latest round of talks between delegations of the European Union (EU) and the Ecuadorian government detailing a free-trade agreement (FTA) ended Thursday without a final agreement

October 08 , 2010

US-Mexico research projects looks to improve the Hass Avocado

Looks to combine properties of the Hass Avocado with the Mexican criollo, local newspaper Correo reported.

October 07 , 2010

Argentine Lemon exporters satisfied with new certification

The 11 largest Argentine lemon exporters say their first year of exporting under a new quality seal certificate has brought better-than-expected results

October 07 , 2010