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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories The South African apple market is celebrating steady growth on its 363rd birthday. On this day in history, the industry harvested its first two apples. Today, South Africa is one of the Southern Hemisphere’s top apple exporters, trading nearly 50 million cartons annually—a cornerstone of the country’s agricultural economy.
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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories The Cameroon Development Corporation, a company that grows, processes, and markets tropical crops and operates in the Central African subregion, exported 10,400 tons of bananas in the first three months of 2025. This is the first time the organization has reached this first-quarter level since 2018. Seven years ago, the company shipped 11,631 tons but was forced to halt operations due to a local crisis.
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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas said the U.S. Department of Commerce's plan to terminate the U.S.-Mexico Tomato Suspension Agreement on July 14, 2025, will lead to consumers paying more for vine-ripened, specialty, and Roma tomatoes.
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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories According to an Allied Market Research report on the fertilizer catalyst market, the industry is expected to grow despite the rise in global inflation, trade, and fluctuating energy prices, which are directly impacting the cost of production.
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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories Brazil's citrus belts of São Paulo and Triângulo/Southwest Minas orange season's final numbers are 230.87 million 40.8-kg boxes, according to Fundecitrus, 0.65% lower than the initial projection in May 2024 of 232.38 million boxes and 24.85% lower than the previous harvest, which totaled 307.22 million boxes. Final numbers place the 2024/25 yield second to the lowest harvest in 37 years.
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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories The Philippines Bureau of Plant Industry has announced that the country can now export Hass avocados, calamansi, and Okra to Russia. “Exporters may now commence shipments of these commodities, provided that all phytosanitary requirements are strictly met,” the BPI said in a press release. All aforementioned products can now be exported to Russia as long as they abide by the phytosanitary requirements.
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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Today's Headline Top Stories These days, it’s unusual to see a major United States agriculture coalition focus on anything other than tariffs. Since before Donald Trump’s official “Liberation Day,” the agricultural industry has kept a hawk’s eye on U.S.-imposed tariffs and retaliatory levies from other countries.
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1 week ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories Spain and China have signed new phytosanitary protocols that will grant Spain's cherries and pork products market access to China. The new cherry export agreement between China and Spain marks the opening of this Spanish product to the Chinese market. The processing, packaging, storage and transportation of cherries destined for export will be carried out under the supervision of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
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2 weeks ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories In the Citrus Growers' Association's latest Desk from the CEO, Boitshoko Ntshabele addressed the U.S.-imposed tariffs on South Africa and said the 90-day reprieve is an incentive for SA to expedite negotiations with the U.S. to conclude a lasting solution. Ntshabele said the CGA met with the South African government and implored them to act urgently since SA citrus growers do not pose a competition to U.S. citrus growers.
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2 weeks ago | 
freshfruitportal.com | Eileen Solange Rodriguez
More News Top Stories According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report, 2024 was a great year for fresh strawberry exports. Volumes increased 20% year over year to 351.5 million pounds, a new high for the industry valued at $570.3 million. Strawberries are now the third most valuable fresh fruit exported, behind apples and grapes and ahead of oranges and cherries.
