Banana news archive – Page 162
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ArticleThat was the year that was - May 2005
Throughout 2005, freshinfo brought you all the breaking news and kept you bang up-to-date with the ongoing stories from around the world that affected the UK fresh produce market. Click here to review the top five stories from May.
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Fyffes suffers insider-trading defeat
Fyffes has been dealt a blow after judges ruled against it in the long running insider-trading lawsuit it had filed against marketing and business services firm DCC.
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ArticleBanana mediator named
The World Trade Organisation’s Hong Kong round ended last week with an agreement between the European Union and Latin American banana exporting nations at last.
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EU banana prices on the up
Chiquita reports a rise of 27 per cent in its average banana price in the EU, in the first two months of its fourth quarter.
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ArticleIdeal for organics
Organics, you will often hear or read, is a philosophy more than a business. More often than not, you’ll also find out that the delicate balancing act between ideals and financial reality is a tough one to master. Colombia’s Daabon Group believes it has pulled it off and Tommy Leighton visited its organic banana arm CI Samaria to find out how.
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ArticleAll is fair in banana war
The EU's farm commissioner has stood up to Latin American criticism at the WTO claiming the new banana tariff is "fair".
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ArticleFyffes warns of oil threat
Fyffes has warned that oil-related pressures could add a further €15 million (£10m) to its annual cost base.
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ArticleHospital food systems need a face-lift
Hospital food is still being shamefully neglected despite growing evidence of its critical impact on patient recovery.
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Fresh Del Monte drops expectations
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc has downgraded its earnings forecast for 2005.
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ArticleWorld opens up for Colombia
As the global climate becomes less reliable, the world continues to look for new sources to guarantee its 12-month supply demands are met. Over the next five issues, FPJ will report from Colombia, a country with fresh produce potential that remains largely untapped. Tommy Leighton kicks off the coverage with an exporters’ eye view on a country that is fast emerging as a realistic long-term partner for UK buyers.
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ArticleHorticulture in the eye of the storm
As Canary Islanders count the cost of tropical storm Delta this week, UK farming bosses issued their own report on the threats and opportunities of climate change calling for urgent action.
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ArticleGrowing the taste for exotics
When is an exotic not an exotic? In the first of our series of profiles on the category Elspeth Waters asks the industry how the concept of exotics is changing as consumers become more accepting of foreign fare
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ArticleBanana decision splits trade
The European Union has divided opinion among banana producers and traders with its e176 a tonne tariff-only banana import regime.
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ArticleChiquita announces storm damage
Some Chiquita banana farms in Honduras could be out of production for months.
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EU drops banana levy proposal - again
The European Union has agreed to a levy of 176 euros a tonne on Latin American banana imports, a further drop from the 179 euros a tonne proposed last week.
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Banana agreement elusive
Member states have yet to agree the latest European Commission proposal for a new banana import tariff.
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Latin produces pile on pressure
The eight Latin-American banana-producing nations at the centre of the dispute with the European Union over its banana import regime have called on the EU authorities to negotiate with it in order to come up with a new regime that will respect the rights and trade interests of their region.
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Banana offer not acceptable
Latin American banana producers are reported to be unimpressed with the European Unions plans to levy €179 a tonne on their banana imports.
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Why the perceived need for endless promotions?
I have always felt that one of the great mysteries amongst the UK trade is the perception that consumers need constant
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Banana tariff proposal lowered
The European Commission has announced its approval of a reduction in the banana import tariff to be implemented for Latin American fruit from January, 2006.