Grape news archive – Page 127
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Magrabi targets international growth
Egyptian exporter Magrabi Agriculture believes that Asia has the potential to be its biggest market, but supplies of grape and citrus - the firm’s major products - into the region are currently dominated by the Americans.
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Hong Kong draws crowds to second asia fruit logistica exhibition
Last week saw the produce industry throng in Hong Kong for the second-ever Asia Fruit Logistica exhibition, following last year’s inaugural event in Thailand. Laura Gould caught up with some of the exhibitors
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California grapes re-energise UK
California’s grape season is progressing well and reports of fruit quality from customers to date have been good.
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Stores paddle through stormy supply waters
Listening to the weather reports and forecasts from around Britain and elsewhere in the last 10 days, one wonders at the
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Seminar urges cooperation on grapes
Sicily's Mazzarrone PGI table grape consortium prepares to host convention aimed at increasing coordination within the Mediterranean grape business
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USDA proposes easing Chilean grape rules
The US department of agriculture (USDA) has proposed new rules that could see the requirement for Chilean table grape producers to treat their US-bound fruit with methyl bromide lifted.
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ArticleThe great Cape
The last decade has thrown up some significant changes and challenges for Capespan UK, and scooping the FPJ Importer of the Year trophy at this year’s Re:fresh awards was a fitting tribute to the firm’s continual development work in that time. Laura Gould visited the company at its quayside facility in the Port of Sheerness to find out more.
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Packhouse solution for Griffin & Brand
In this month’s look at the effect of information technology on the fresh produce industry, Kent fruit importer and packer Griffin & Brand installs a Marco packhouse solution, and Northern Ireland fresh-cut and potato specialist Wilsons Country increases its capacity with a Packaging Automation tray sealer.
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ArticleKorean fruit imports on the rise
Korean fruit imports are changing as the country discovers new suppliers, and opens up to some old ones
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ArticleNew device extends grape shelf-life
A Chilean company has released a device it says can extend grape shelf-life by up to 50 days
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ArticleGreen advises growers to think carefully
Capepsan’s global procurement director Geoff Green has advised international fruit growers to rethink their sales strategies in the current economic climate.
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ArticleChile concludes successful trade talks
Table grapes and other important Chilean exports will be able to enter the US market with fewer restrictions following successful trade talks
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ArticleCapespan Gold expands supply base
Select volumes of Brazilian table grapes will carry Capespan’s premium export label for the first time this year
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ArticleBA launches Chinese grape IRA
Australia’s produce sector could be mulling the prospect of Chinese grape imports arriving into the country before 2010
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New Japanese grape sells high
A new variety of grapes has fetched staggering prices at an auction in Japan
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ArticleBrazil and Peru target US grape window
Imports of seedless varieties from Brazil and Peru have surged in the past five years according to US trade figures
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Sun World runs grape expo
Sun World has staged its second Table Grape Producer Expo in California
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ArticleNew grape is UK-bound
The first commercial volumes of a new California table grape are heading for the UK.
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ArticleGrowth pegged for Chilean raisins
A larger availability of grapes and good weather conditions will boost production and exports this year
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ArticleNew Californian grape on sale in UK
Sweet Surrender, developed by California's International Fruit Genetics, has been commercially harvested for the first time