South America news archive
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PodcastsIs AI ready to fast-track your fruit shipments?
Trackberry founder Edouard Brière explains how AI could take much of the manual work out of managing fresh produce imports
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AdvertorialMacfrut 2027: the future of fresh produce is here
Next year’s exhibition puts spotlight on Chile, Piedmont, and kiwifruit, with new layout, new partnerships and exclusive preview event
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NewsGreat White Fleet plans major expansion across Europe and Americas
Shipping and logistics specialist announces sweeping commercial expansion to offer new cold-chain links across Americas and Europe
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NewsAnalysis: Stable wholesale baselines, citrus pressures, and the warehouse logistical gridlock
Fruitnet Insights’ weekly fresh fruit and vegetable update from the GCC markets, brought to you in partnership with Global Star Group
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NewsNZ grower backs end of ‘archaic’ kiwifruit export monopoly
John Bostock targets new production of yellow-fleshed variety in Australia, Chile, and South Africa after securing Southern Hemisphere licence
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NewsIndustry partners unite to support Chile’s Aconcagua Valley
Partnership tackles water scarcity and farming resilience in key sourcing region for avocados, grapes, citrus, and cherries
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NewsUK imports shifting towards climate-vulnerable regions
New report finds compounding threats to UK food security, with climate risk intensifying across established source countries and trade shifting towards regions facing even greater exposure
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NewsBrazil fruit exports surge but vast potential remains untapped
New report shows striking growth in country’s fresh fruit export sales, but also highlights significant structural barriers
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AnalysisAnalysis: Banana prices drop as South African pears and Australian carrots surge
Fruitnet Insights’ weekly fresh fruit and vegetable update from the GCC markets, brought to you in partnership with Global Star Group
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NewsHapag-Lloyd warns of further Panama Canal disruption
German carrier flags mounting disruption to global trade lanes as Panama Canal Authority adds new vessel transit limit
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Features‘Market diversification and coordinated picking key amid volatile avocado supply’
Westfalia Fruit’s Hans Boyum discusses the European avocado market’s dramatic swing from over- to undersupply, strategies to mitigate climate change, and opportunities to increase consumption
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NewsArgentine orange and mandarins growers hit by triple whammy
High costs, low prices, reduced domestic consumption have pushed producers crisis point
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NewsChile secures improved access to Chinese market
MoU to facilitate exports of fresh Chilean fruit enters into force
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NewsColombia activates debt relief package for avocado industry
Growers facing cashflow challenges due to sliding dollar and impact of El Niño
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NewsMixed picture for Ecuadorean fruit exports
Shipments of blueberries, mangoes, passion fruit and avocados jump in H1, but price falls hit returns for passion fruit and avocados
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NewsAerosan hires more staff ahead of Chilean fruit season
Company expects to handle 5 per cent more airflown fruit shipments in 2026/27
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NewsPeru dominates European avocado market
Analysis by Fluctuante shows Peru supplied almost four times the volume shipped by Colombia, its closest competitor
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FeaturesEgyptian oranges see Asian opportunities shrink
According to Egyptian exporters, China’s increasing dominance of the region’s citrus category is shortening the window for Egypt
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NewsPeru trims blueberry forecast as El Niño bites
Proarándanos’s fourth export forecast for 2026/27 reveals a 6 per cent dip on earlier estimates
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NewsChile makes breakthroughs in South-East Asia
Delegation visits Vietnam and Indonesia and delivers market access improvements for fresh fruit