FEPEX estimates that the export of fresh fruits and vegetables in 2016 will exceed 12,300M€
The Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers Exporters of Fruits and Vegetables (FEPEX) estimates that the value of exports of fresh fruit and vegetables in 2016 will experience a growth of over 12.3 billion euros. It is also expected that this year will close with volumes similar to those of 2015, which came to an all-time high of 12.7 million tonnes exported.
The Protocol of Ecuador’s Accession to the Trade Agreement with the EU, effective as of January 1st, 2017
Ecuador will start 2o17 with the entry into force of its Protocol of Accession to the Multiparty Trade Agreement with the EU that, on 20th December, ratified its National Assembly. A bilateral treaty that will open the door to a market of 514 million people, in 28 European countries, from January 1st next year.
The 38th Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan was approved, with more than € 200M
The Council of Ministers recently approved the 38th Plan Combined Agricultural Insurance, with a budget amounting to 211.27 M €, thus consolidating the 6% increase recorded in the General State Budget for 2016.
Ecuadorian mango seduces Chinese and US markets
In order to promote the marketing of mango in the People's Republic of China, the commercial office of PRO ECUADOR in Shanghai has been carrying out an intense campaign to promote this product, which led to the release of this exotic fruit last November. 87,700 people. This was possible thanks to the cooperation of the Mango Ecuador Foundation and the e-commerce platforms Tmall.com and Yiguo.com, which registered a total of 1,226 purchase orders.
About 20,000 immigrants will benefit from the employment agreement between AVA-ASAJA and the Embassy of Ecuador
Ecuadorian ambassador Miguel Calahorrano and the president of the agrarian organization AVA-ASAJA, Cristóbal Aguado, have signed a collaboration agreement to facilitate training in agrarian matters and employment in this sector of the Ecuadorian population residing in the Valencian Community. This agreement is estimated to benefit some 20,000 immigrants of the 41,000 from that country currently living in Valencia.
The American market opens again to Spanish peppers
After an intense negotiation process between Spain and the United States, this country has recently authorized the reopening of Spanish peppers market. A measure in which the confidence that Spain has been generating in the technical field of the management and certification of its vegetable exports has played a decisive role. From this official authorization, the Spanish exports of peppers can be carried out immediately in the current season.
The IRTA Porcine Database serves the Colombian producer sector
The BDporc, the Porcine Database of the Institute of Research and Technology Agro-food (IRTA) of the Catalan Autonomous Government, will serve the Colombian pork industry, according to the agreement signed by the Executive President of the Colombian Association of Porcult Farmers PORKCOLOMBIA), Carlos Alberto Maya Calle, and the general director of IRTA, Josep M. Monfort.
Ecuador joins EU trade agreement with Colombia and Peru
Ecuador has recently joined the free trade agreement of the European Union with Colombia and Peru, with the signing of a Protocol of Accession initialed by European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström.
Spain improves its deepwater fishing quotas by 351t
Following the latest EU Fisheries Council, Spanish Minister Isabel García Tejerina has succeeded in improving the Commission's initial proposal on fishing opportunities for deep-sea species by 351 tonnes, which could amount to more than 2.5 million euros in first sale for Spanish fishermen.
Spain: minister hopes to expand fishing opportunities in deep waters
On the occasion of the EU Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries held on 14th November, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, expressed her confidence in improving significantly the European Commission's proposal on possibilities Of deep-sea fishing, arguing that no sharp reductions should be established for the next two years.