All Production & Trade articles – Page 1056
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ArticleFreight firm fined £5,500 for avoiding fees
A fruit and vegetable importer based at Heathrow Airport has been fined £5,500 for trying to avoid inspections charges and customs duties, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has said.
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ArticleRain doesn’t dampen Australian cherries
Australian mainland cherry growers have dodged significant damage from heavy rain over the weekend
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ArticleWorldwide asset freeze for JFC
UK high court issues a global asset freezing order against fresh produce importer after 'continuing failure to comply with court orders'
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ArticleUncertain season ahead for NZ apples
Country's exporters express caution over potential prospects in Europe for New Zealand topfruit during upcoming campaign
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ArticleGrower's Xmas sprouts as heavy as 1,000 cars
Produce World has estimated over the Christmas period it will pack enough sprouts for eleven million Christmas dinners, weighing as much as 1,000 Ford Focus cars.
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ArticleSpanish season opens with ‘ruinous’ prices
More support for growers needed at national and European level to ensure sector’s survival, says Hortyfruta
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ArticleAustralian worker scheme goes permanent
Australia will introduce a permanent Pacific guest worker scheme for the horticulture industry from the middle of next year
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ArticleStuart Symington takes on new CEO role
South Africa's Perishable Products Export Council Board (PPECB) has appointed Stuart Symington as its new CEO.
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ArticleFrustration at retail prices
UK retail practices are making grower-suppliers abroad question the value of the UK, sources have reported.
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ArticleThe US to open doors to Chinese sand pears
The US is planning to allow imports of Chinese sand pears from approved fruit-fly-free zones in China
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ArticleBayWa meets T&G valuation
Bid falls within KordaMentha's value range, although option holders will wait until BayWa forces a compulsory acquisition
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ArticleMalaysia-Chile FTA approved
The National Congress of Chile has approved the Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement (MCFTA) as of January 1 2012
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ArticleSri Lanka and Pakistan to boost trade
Sri Lanka and Pakistan are discussing ways of boosting mutual trade to over US$1bn
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ArticleImported pollen possible cause of Psa
Research suggests New Zealand import regulations may have been insufficient to protect the country’s kiwifruit industry from the vine disease Psa
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ArticleGreencell founder announces retirement
The founder and managing director of Greencell Limited has announced he is retiring after more than 25 years in the fresh produce business.
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ArticleRoading upgrade slated for Philippines
Philippines' fresh produce industry set to benefit from roading upgrade in main production hub
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ArticleVietnamese fresh exports smash target
Fruit and vegetable shipments from the country top the yearly target of US$470m by November, and could hit US$600m
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ArticleAPEB ‘accepts’ stance is ‘unsustainable’
Banana producers’ association reportedly privately concedes it will not achieve stated financial support aim
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ArticlePsa 'spreads east to Te Kaha'
A provisional positive result has been taken from tests at an orchard in Te Kaha
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ArticleNon-EU pepper imports up in Germany
Sweet pepper imports from outside the EU jumped 44.5 per cent between January-August, according to Eurostat data