May 2012
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“Just as we have become a minerals and energy giant, Australia can be a great...”
– Australian Prime Minister Juliar Gillard on the country’s potential to become a food superpower in the “Asian Century”.
April 2012
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China tops world's grocery market →
China has replaced the US as the world’s biggest food retail market, according to IGD.
February 2012
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January 2012
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“I’ve just been up looking at the grapes. The quality is the best I’ve seen for a...”
– Brad Senn of Australian produce exporter EXIM Trading on this year’s table grape crop from the Murray Darlin Basin region.
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December 2011
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Pakistani kinnow season off to rocky start →
Pakistan’s kinnow export season has got off to a difficult start due to tough market competition from Chinese fruit and no access to Indonesia.
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Apple-a-day opportunity going begging for India →
Indian apple producers are missing out on the huge potential of their domestic market, says marketing professional Vipul Mittal.
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“I think sooner or later we will have to open the market more, because our...”
– Hiroaki ‘Don’ Okazoe from Japanese importer IPM Nishimoto on the attitude of the new Japanese government on opening the market to horticultural imports.
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September 2011
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“Once again at the Asia Fruit Logistica, that was probably the most inquiries we...”
– Scott Coupland, president of the NSW Cherry Growers Association, on potential access to the Chinese mainland market for Australian cherries.
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August 2011
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Zespri downplays agent arrest →
The arrest of Zespri’s Shanghai-based import agent, Liu Xiongjie, appears to signal a tighter regulation of China’s fruit import business.
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July 2011
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“The Avanza group, comprising New Zealand’s top four exporters, are looking at...”
– Steve Trickett of New Zealand exporter Just Avocados talks to Asiafruit Magazine about export opportunities for the country’s upcoming bumper avocado season.
June 2011
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NOL unveils new port terminal in China →
NOL joint venture container terminal in Qingdao, China, opens for business ahead of schedule.
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China floods put pressure on food prices →
Flooding in China is causing significant damage to vegetable crops, adding upward pressure on food prices.
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“The application could not be supported by Zespri because it amounted to open...”
– Zespri CEO Lain Jager on the rejection of Turners & Growers’ application for a collaborative marketing arrangement for kiwifruit export from New Zealand.
May 2011
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April 2011
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“If only one in 100 people in China ate five macadamia nuts a day – 20g – China...”
– Cheng Hung Kay, of CHK Trading, on the potential of the Chinese market for nuts.
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There's money in garlic
In China people are making money by hoarding garlic, but in Korea they’re hoarding money by making garlic.
Police in South Korea have dug up more than 11bn won (US$10m) buried under a garlic field in Gimje. Police sniffed out the money as part of a crackdown on illegal gambling.
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“Not many people in New Zealand would know it’s the biggest seller of...”
– Outgoing Turners & Growers chairman Tony Gibbs on the international scope the company has taken during his tenure.
March 2011
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“People fear radiation contamination on those agricultural products grown in the...”
– A Goldspan representative speaks to Fruitnet.com about Japanese consumer concerns of radiation contamination in agricultural products from the Ibaraki prefecture near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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February 2011
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“We’re seeing increasing opportunities for Valencia oranges as increased...”
– Sunkist Growers director of corporate communications Claire H Smith speaking to Asiafruit Magazine about opportunities in South Korea.
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India's budget omits FDI but honours agriculture →
The Indian finance minister’s budget speech has disappointed the country’s retail sector hoping for new FDI laws, but given a boost to agriculture.
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Belgian pears arrive in China →
Belgian pears have arrived in Chinese supermarkets for the first time after three and a half years of negotiations between the two countries.
January 2011
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“History shows that most New Zealand companies who go to Australia hoping to make...”
– Paul Paynter of NZ apple grower-exporter Yummy Fruit on the prospects in Australia after the opening of the country’s apple market to New Zealand fruit.
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Thai exporters oppose blanket ban →
Leading Thai vegetable exporters are seeking exemption to new government regulations that stand to halt shipments of key lines.