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    • Fashion watermelons advance their campaign

    Since February 22nd, the first Fashion watermelons, coming from Senegal, are now available for consumption in the main markets. This campaign comes almost 15 days ahead of the 2017 and foresees an increase in production of between 2 and 3%.

    Eurosemillas warns of the fraud of selling Tang Tang mandarins of other varieties

    Following the complaint filed with the Directorate General of Consumer Affairs of the Generalitat Valenciana by La Unió de Llauradors against Aldi and Carrefour for advertising and labeling two different protected tangerines under the same name ('Tang Gold / Nadorcott' and 'Nadorcot / Tango', respectively ), Eurosemillas has contacted both chains. The French multinational is correcting the error in its points of sale and already offers its audience both varieties of tangerines in a differentiated way. The company expects that, in the near future, the second brand in question will proceed to do the same, avoiding that the consumer mistakenly believes that Tang Gold is the same variety as Nadorcott.
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    The apple and pear of Catalonia surpass the quotations of the past campaign, by the descent of production in Europe

    The selling prices of the apple and pear are above the prices of last season, due to the productive decline experienced by pip fruit throughout Europe during the current season. Despite the optimistic figures and the correct valuation of the campaign, the Managing Director of Afrucat, Manel Simon, affirms that "we must not get distracted and trust, but we must maintain this fluidity of sales to eliminate camera stocks" .
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    Spain: AVA ASAJA warns that the agreement with Mercosur threatens the stability of the Valencian rice sector

    The vice-president of the rice sector of COPA-COGECA -an entity that brings together the agricultural organizations and the European cooperatives- and leader of AVA-ASAJA, Miguel Minguet, has denounced in Brussels that among the proposals that are being debated these days, in the framework of the negotiations with the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay), is the importation with a reduced tariff of 45,000 tons of rice. A concession to exports of rice from the territories of the aforementioned alliance, which would have very damaging effects on the European rice sector and, by extension, on the Spanish and the Valencian.

    Chile: Exports of fresh fruit exceed 854,000 tons to date

    The Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX) has recently presented the advance of fresh fruit exports so far in the 2017/18 fruit season. Thus, according to its president Ronald Bown, from September 1st to February 16th, Chile has sent 854,671 tons of fresh fruits to the world, a figure that turns out to be 5.35% less than the volumes sent to the same period last season.

    Spain: horticultural exports rise 1% in 2017 to exceed € 12,700M

    The Spanish export of fresh fruits and vegetables in 2017 increased by 1% compared to 2016, totaling 12,704 million euros. In volume, they registered an increase of 0.5%, standing at 12.6 million tons, according to data from the General Directorate of Customs, made public on February 21, not meeting the initial growth forecasts, due to the retreat of the months of November and December, also slowing down the growth rate in relation to 2016 and 2015.

    IGP Poma de Girona promotes its market expansion strategy in Berlin

    With the aim of consolidating its expansion into new markets, the PGI Poma de Girona has participated in the Fruit Logistica fair in Berlin. Thus, of the 80,000 tons of apples covered under this designation of quality, it is exported each year between 25% and 30%. Among the new markets of this product Girona include Israel, Sri Lanka, Canada, Gulf countries and Latin America, where by the fact of being in the southern hemisphere, the apple season starts six months apart.
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    AVA-ASAJA denounces the passivity of the EU in the face of the proliferation of South African citrus fruits with black spots

    The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has denounced that the detection on the European borders of South African citrus fruits affected by the dangerous disease of the black spot (Citrus Black Spot) has multiplied sixfold during the 2017 campaign, reaching a total of 24, before the passivity of the European Union. In view of these latest official data, the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has accused Brussels of maintaining a position of clear complicity with South Africa and of seriously undermining the interests of the entire European citrus industry.

    Syngenta brings FRUIT LOGISTICA 2018 its main innovations in horticulture

    Syngenta has deployed in FRUIT LOGISTICA 2018 its latest innovations in plant innovation, with which it aims to differentiate itself and become the partner of choice for the entire food chain.
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    The massive presence of the horticultural sector in FRUIT LOGISTICA 2018 consolidates it as a reference fair

    The massive presence of the horticultural sector in FRUIT LOGISTICA 2018 consolidates this fair as the benchmark in its segment. The professional visitors and exhibitors - more than 77,000 professionals with decision-making power from more than 130 countries - have excellently evaluated their passage through it. After this edition, the eyes are already on CHINA FRUIT LOGISTICA, which will take place next May in Shanghai. And a few months later, in September, ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA, in the city of Hong Kong.