Citrus news archive – Page 221
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ArticleMorocco back on form
Moroccan citrus has been suffering, with climatic conditions affecting citrus early this year. But the latest reports show some of the most successful export figures in the last five years - across nearly all fresh produce sectors. Emma Twyning talks to both importers and exporters of Moroccan produce to find out why things are looking up.
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ArticleRed Tractor in the limelight
The Red Tractor made a grand entrance at the BBC Good Food Show this week, with a little help from celebrity chef Anthony Worrall Thompson.
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A brand new opportunity
Two recent items in the FPJ have been tugging at my memory. The first was the news that Sunkist, the internationally reknowned
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ArticleFreshfel tells China to open up
Freshfel urges Chinese phyto authorities to open up Chinese market for European fruits and vegetables.
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ArticlePalestinian prospects
How are prospects for exports of fresh produce from the Gaza Strip shaping up since the mid-August withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the region? Aaron Priel reports.
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Simplified systems clarification
The Simplified Procedure Value (SPV) system for calculating import duty payments will change in the near future, as we have
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ArticleFlorida relaxes standards
Producers of hurricane-hit and disease-ravaged citrus in Florida are still hopeful of a better season compared with last year - despite losing nearly half their grapefruit crop to Wilma.
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ArticleSunkist looks to break back into UK market
Sunkist growers, which withdrew from the European fresh produce market in the 1980s, is hoping to re-establish its Sunkist brand in the UK.
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Felixstowe exercise to last four weeks
Defra’s plant health division started a four-week period of 100 per cent inspections at Felixstowe this week of all produce subject to the revised EU plant-health regime.
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ArticleSpain’s Brillante hopes
Valencia’s growers are tempting UK supermarkets this season by creating an exotic image for the natural mutation of a fruit which can trace its origins back hundreds of years to Asia. David Shapley reports.
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ArticleCyprus steps up a gear
Hopes are high that Cyprus’ entry to the EU will enable the fresh produce industry to bloom. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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Grape change for South African producer
This year’s South African grape season will spell great change for one of the Orange River region’s best-known suppliers.
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Produce on the rise as health hits home
Health is the fastest growing motivator for food shopping and vegetable consumption is on the rise, according to latest figures.
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ArticleCLAM up, despite downs
The total citrus yield in 2004/05 in the Mediterranean Basin countries amounted to 18.15 million tonnes, out of the global citrus yield of 91.5mt. However, delegates at the recent annual meeting of CLAM (Liaison Committee for Mediterranean Citrus Fruit Culture), were told that the total citrus yield of CLAM members was 4.5 per cent higher than the forecast of 17.4mt given at the beginning of the 2004/05 season. Of the total yield, 7.8mt were used for local consumption in the respective countries, 3.3mt for processing, loss and damages accounted for 1.2mt, and 5.8mt were exported.
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Everlasting summer making impact across the board
It’s certainly going down on record as an elongated summer, and I must assume not just in the UK. Sweetcorn harvesting
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Aussies make China breakthrough
Australian citrus has broken down the trade barriers and will be exported to China next year.
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ArticleFlorida grapefruit slashed by Wilma
The cost of hurricane Wilma to Florida’s citrus sector is estimated to hit $180m, early reports claimed.
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ArticleZim minister seizes citrus export land
A Zimbabwean government minister has seized one of the country’s largest citrus fruit estates and forced out the white owner, as senior government and security officials step up a fresh round of farm seizures.
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ArticleIsrael shrugs off shake-up
Israel’s horticultural sector has experienced something of an upheaval during the past year, with the arrival of a new exporting player onto the scene. However, despite certain shifts in management and grower allegiances, those involved seem to be taking it all in their stride, and hopes are high for a productive winter. Elspeth Waters reports.
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ArticleChristmas is coming
Retailers are gearing up for one of the best selling periods in the calendar. Doris Lee Butterworth gets into the Christmassy mood.