140.2 thousand tons of bananas were imported to Uzbekistan in 2022
In January-December 2022, Uzbekistan imported 140.2 thousand tons of bananas from abroad in the amount of 63.4 million US dollars. During this time, banana imports increased by 157.2% (51.0

Naeco updates its ecolabel
On 1 January 2023, Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils came into force, which establishes a special tax for plastic packaging that is considered non-reusable. This law considers

Senegal could do better to promote its banana industry
The banana fruit industry in Senegal has great potential, thanks to a favorable climate, but remains under-exploited, mainly because of a lack of promotion and valorization of the produce. This is

Spread signs sustainability-linked loan
Spread has signed a US$4.6m (¥,600m) sustainability-linked loan with Shiga Bank to help fuel future growth, and improve productivity and energy consumption. According to Spread, this is the first

BelOrta kicks off Belgian aubergine season
The new aubergine season at Belgian cooperative BelOrta kicked off this week with the sale of the first aubergines of 2023, supplied, as last year, by BelOrta producer Jurgen Franco of Topa from

US January almond shipments break record
The Almond Board of California released their January position report on February 9. January shipments reached 230 million pounds (+30% Y-o-Y), a record for the month. The shipment figure comes in

South African citrus calls for presidential support
Over the past year South Africa’s citrus industry has made several passionate calls to the country’s government to intervene in the dispute between the country and the European Union regarding