Citrus news archive – Page 244
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EU citrus link up
Producers in key citrus-producing countries in the EU are joining forces to promote their fruit in third countries.
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Agrexco gets into Peru
This month sees the first arrivals in the UK of citrus from Peru marketed by Israeli exporter Agrexco under its international brand name Alesia.
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Citrus growers demand inspections
Valencia-based citrus growers' association Ava-Asaja is calling on customs authorities in Spain to tighten up inspections and other means of plant health controls on citrus imports from the southern hemisphere.
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New Zealand changes tack
NZ kiwifruit exporter Zespri International and its reefer charter supplier Seatrade are using Portsmouth as their UK port for direct shipments this season.
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Sainsbury's claims exotics firsts.
Sainsbury's is marketing yellow tamarillos and on-the-vine kumquats to the UK consumer.
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Argentinean peso policy bites
Argentinean lemon producers are not feeling the benefits of the devaluation of the peso despite the fact that lemon exports have risen this season.
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Rainfall sweeps central Chile
Recent rainfall in Chile has hit vegetable production, but most fruit growers have seen their crops unscathed.
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Steel retaliation edges closer
The EU's foreign ministers have agreed to a regulation that features two lists of US products, including top fruit, citrus and fruit juice, which could be subject to sanctions from June 18.
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Spain: citrus picture less gloomy
An official report from the foreign attaché service of the US department of agriculture points to a smaller Spanish citrus crop for 2002-03,but revises this season's output upwards compared to earlier forecasts.
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Future's tight for large oranges
A tightening in supply of large sized oranges is starting to make itself felt in the UK.
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School fruit roll out
The second phase of the national school fruit scheme's rollout in the West Midlands got underway on Wednesday as another 117,000 children aged four to seven in Staffordshire, Birmingham, Dudley and Sandwell started receiving a piece of fruit each day.
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Lemon season under way
The lemon export season in Argentina has kicked off despite the country's financial difficulties.
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US apples braced for EU battle
US apple chiefs and UK importers express deep concern for their business as the EU slides towards a tit-for-tat trade war with the Bush administration.
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Euro citrus shortfall
Indicators suggest there has been a shortfall of Greek citrus this season, but a marginal rise in Italian citrus to 3.2 million tonnes.
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Kitbin wins Worldstar honours
New Kitbin bulk containers from Israeli manufacturer Dolav Plastic Products have won a WorldStar packaging award at last week's Interpac exhibition in Germany.
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Valencia crop erratic
The Spanish harvest of Valencia Late is turning out an irregular spread of sizes that has producers baffled and farm-gate prices oscillating.
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Pascual interests G's
G's Marketing announces an agreement between Dole and a group including G's Spanish subsidiary.
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Florida citrus in tariff threat
The European Union's bid to slam sanctions on US citrus exports by mid-June has thrown international trade into turmoil.
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Strike action hits lemons
A national transport strike has slowed the harvesting and export of new season lemons in Tucumán, north-west Argentina, according to Argentinean press reports in La Gaceta.
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Citrus decision stands
The Solicitor General's office in the US decides not to appeal against the court ruling that invalidated the US department of agriculture's plans for allowing citrus imports into the US from Argentina.