Exclusive interviews with Sunpride CEO Cindyanto Tjong and Rijk Zwaan’s Jan Doldersum plus category features on apples and pears, kiwifruit and cherries
The September 2026 edition of Asiafruit Magazine is now available to subscribers on the Asiafruit app – Apple, Android and desktop – bringing you the latest news and views from across Asia’s fast-moving fresh produce markets.
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Asiafruit’s Indonesia edition explores the opportunities and challenges in supplying this high-potential market. In our cover story, Asiafruit editor John Hey speaks exclusively to Cindyanto Tjong, the CEO of Sewu Segar Nusantara – the distributor behind Sunpride-branded bananas and pineapples – on how the group is now leveraging its network to meet growing demand for imported fruits across the archipelago. Analyst Phillip Morey breaks down the country’s import data for the first five months of the year, revealing sharp increases in both volume and value. While Bree Caggiati’s market report offers insights into the country’s shifting consumer dynamics driven, in part, by strong social media trends among the country’s high youth population.
Headlining our apple feature, Fruitnet’s US correspondent Michael Barket provides an early-season preview of the US apple and pear campaign, which shows positive signs of a high-quality crop. While Eurofruit’s Maura Maxwell reports on the World Apple & Pear Association’s preliminary forecast of the 2026/27 European Union apple crop which is expected to be down 15.6 per cent down on last year and the second-smallest harvest of the past ten years.
Elsewhere, Fred Meintjes highlights the bright future on offer for South African nut industry as the industry gains a series of testing licences.
Plus, our category features spotlight grapes, kiwifruit, cherries and more.
