Mango news archive – Page 66
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ArticlePakistan fruit exports up 27 per cent
Pakistan’s fruit exports, during the fiscal year 2007-08, surged by 27 per cent in terms of value and 20 per cent in terms of volume despite various obstacles faced by the country’s export community.
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ArticleMango woes persist for Mexican suppliers
Production is down in the state of Sinaloa while international demand for the fruit has failed to materialise
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ArticlePakistan looks for export growth
Pakistani growers are looking to add value to their exported produce
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ArticleEcuador forecasts mango expansion
Ecuador is looking to develop a stronger position on overseas export markets
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Growing room for Thai fruit quality
Thailand’s farmers have been advised to improve the quality of their tropical fruits if they want to sell in the US and Europe
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ArticleBrazil seals Kent mango deal with Japan
Japan and Brazil have finally completed negotiations over the import of the latter’s Kent mangoes, Japanese officials have announced
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ArticleRelying on Indian mangoes
India’s mango exports represent around 16 per cent of the total global trade, and although 50 per cent of the country’s exports head to West Asia, a healthy 32 per cent arrive in Europe and the UK each year. This could well increase progressively as the retail chain networks of Reliance Industries Ltd turn their attention to what they feel is tremendous export potential to the UK. G Ravishankar reports for FPJ from India.
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De la Fuente focuses on the future
After 24 years, Martin de la Fuente walked out of Tesco House for the last time on June 6. As he left the Cheshunt head office, he was applauded out of the building by his friends and colleagues. Behind he left “one of the most challenging times ahead” for his former colleagues and the British supermarket trade. Between holidaying in the Majorca resort of Alcudia and jetting off to the Big Apple, Tesco’s recently retired and somewhat relaxed fruit buying manager caught up with FPJ’s Tommy Leighton to talk about what the next two years might look like for the supermarket fruit sector.
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ArticleAgroFair launches Fairtrade smoothies
Fairtrade fruit specialist and pioneer AgroFair UK is launching the UK’s first Fairtrade smoothies not made from concentrate in September, under the OKÉ brand.
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ArticleIsrael carves summer niche
The Israeli industry has invested heavily in specialist fruit varieties, and has high hopes for summer lines as newer stonefruit and pomegranate strains begin to make their mark. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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ArticleUS: Mexican mango shortage to continue
Shippers are enjoying record prices in the US after production in the states of Michoacán and Sinaloa was hit by bad weather.
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ArticlePeru records mango growth
Exports of the fruit have risen by 46 per cent during the first four months of the year
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New DC meets Manila produce needs
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has officially opened a multi-million-peso agricultural distribution centre near Manila
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ArticleEuropean weather bodes badly for summer crop
Poor weather conditions in Spain and France have conspired to create a tough start to the European stonefruit campaign, forcing many UK importers to look further afield for their sourcing requirements. Laura Gould reports.
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Dutch agency to boost Vietnam export
A Dutch state agency has launched a three-year training programme to help fresh produce exporters in Ho Chi Minh City and four southern provinces increase exports to Europe
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Volumes down for Indian mango crop
Nearly a fifth of Indian mango production has been affected by bad weather this year, according to government and industry officials.
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Exporters appeal for investment
The Pakistan government is urged to focus funding in certain areas
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AgroFair reveals 60 per cent boost in turnover
Pioneering and specialist Fairtrade fruit company AgroFair UK has announced an annual turnover of £7.3 million, with year-on-year growth figures of 60 per cent to December 2007.
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ArticlePakistani mangoes feel the pinch
Pakistani export representative calls for subsidies to protect mango industry from financial collapse.