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May 29, 2019

INC publishes production perspectives for nuts and dried fruit

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. More than 1,300 food industry professionals from 63 countries gathered in Boca Raton, South Florida for the 38th World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress.

Quality assurance in the food industry

May 14, 2019

Aflatoxin: Highly encouraging study for food industry

ORDU. A study conducted by the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) has found that white bentonite can significantly reduce the level of aflatoxin in many processed food products, especially in hazelnuts. Tests are being conducted in the region of Ordu.

Alerts and Regulations

May 7, 2019

Nominal rise in EU food, drinks and tobacco retail sector

BRUSSELS. The retails sales index for March has risen by 1.9% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU28. While the volume of retail trade has remained stable in the euro area, volumes have increased in the food, drinks and tobacco sector.

Alerts and Regulations

Mar 14, 2019

Südzucker: Angry protests in France

MANNHEIM. As the Handelsblatt has reported Europe’s leading sugar giant, the Südzucker AG, intends to withdraw from the world market because of the permanently low sugar prices. The plan is to focus exclusively on Europe.

Alerts and Regulations

Mar 5, 2019

Dedere: Your Key to the European Market

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Alerts and Regulations

Feb 4, 2019

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Sugar

Jan 30, 2019

Sugar: Südzucker AG intends to close factories

MANNHEIM/FRANKFURT: As part of the restructuring plan for the sugar segment, the executive board intends to implement further cost-cutting measures in Germany and other countries in Europe.

Sugar

Jan 10, 2019

Südzucker: Significant losses in the sugar segment

The Südzucker AG has confirmed the full-year forecast in the recently published third quarterly report. Problem is that the sugar market continues to be difficult. The CropEnergies segment has shown similarly disappointing results in the current fiscal year. Revenues have declined by 2.1%.

Alerts and Regulations

Nov 6, 2018

Mundus Agri is delighted about growing popularity

FRANKFURT. The trading platform Mundus Agri welcomed several new members last week. CEO and CTO Michael Gütlich is delighted: “We are over the moon that Mundus Agri is being so well received. This shows that we’re well on track.”

Alerts and Regulations

Oct 29, 2018

Mundus Agri: Commodity trading of the future

FRANKFURT. With the community trading platform Mundus Agri, Dedere paves the way for the 21st century food commodities trade. Mundus Agri combines networking with state-of-the-art trading and marketing tools.

Alerts and Regulations

Oct 2, 2018

Letofin AS: Total transparency due to cultivation of own crops

Letofin AS was founded in 1994 and is based in Tallinn. The trading firm is GMP+ certified and a member of the GAFTA and Sedex communities.

Sugar

Jul 12, 2018

Südzucker: Significant downturn

MANNHEIM. Südzucker has released its first quarter results for 2018/19. At EUR 1,741 million Südzucker’s consolidated group revenues have dropped marginally below last year’s results in the first quarter (1 March to 31 May 2018). While revenues in the special products segment rose considerably to EUR 558 million, revenues in the fruit segment remained relatively stable at EUR 312 million.

Alerts and Regulations

May 10, 2018

Crashing Garlic Price

Due to excess supply in the market the price of Garlic reached Rs 10 per kg Ex farm

Alerts and Regulations

May 4, 2018

Midsona acquires organic pioneer

MALMÖ. Midsona AB has acquired the Davert GmbH, an important leader in the German organic food market. The transaction marks an important step in realizing the strategy of becoming one of the market leaders in Europe.

Alerts and Regulations

Apr 25, 2018

Amazon: Grocery sales soar in Germany

FRANKFURT. One Click Retail reports that Amazon’s Q1 grocery sales have soared by 33% in Germany. US grocery sales have increased by 48% and UK sales by 45%.

Sugar

Mar 22, 2018

Sweetener to turn sweet again

Government scrapes the excess duty on sugar

Alerts and Regulations

Mar 17, 2018

Ethiopia to may consider wheat tender

Tender for 400'000 tons of wheat

Alerts and Regulations

Mar 8, 2018

Japan to release tender

Japan to buy feed wheat and barley via tender

Alerts and Regulations

Feb 28, 2018

Soybean: Nearly half of the European soybeans is produced in Ukraine

KIEV: Despite the large soybean cultivation volumes the outlook is that exports from Ukraine during the 2017/18 agricultural year will decrease by 17% in comparison with 2016/17. 70% of the cultivated soybean in Ukraine is GMO.

Import / Export Statistics

Feb 28, 2018

Rapeseed: A significant increase in rapeseed crop in Ukraine in 2017

KIEV: While Ukraine registered a decline in soybean and sunflower seeds production in 2017/18, the rapeseed crop increased by 83%, amounting 2,2 million MT. In the agricultural year 2016/17 the harvested crop amounted to 1,2 million MT. Romania competes with Ukraine for rape seed market in the EU.

Alerts and Regulations

Feb 19, 2018

Dedere: blockchain revolutionises global agricultural trade

Pictured: Michael Gütlich and Martin Brückner

Alerts and Regulations

Feb 12, 2018

Sesame: Will market continues to Go down................ !!!

Sesame: China New Year Holidays started and due to that No demand affect the Market

Alerts and Regulations

Feb 9, 2018

Time to make farming a lot more attractive

Focus on value addition product.

Alerts and Regulations

Feb 8, 2018

Sesame Seeds: Confused Market

Sudan: exchange made havoc

Alerts and Regulations

Feb 6, 2018

Vanilla: Prices remain sky-high in Madagascar

ANTANANARIVO: The cycle of high demand, low supply, and therefore surging vanilla prices may seem to to be coming to an end. Challenges, however, remain and a price collapse is unlikely in the near term. Global demand for vanilla is estimated at about 4,500 MT per year, far exceeding real production and supplies.

Alerts and Regulations

Feb 5, 2018

Raw Cashew Nuts: Cashew industry disappointed with Budget.

Raw Cashew Nuts: “International Prices are higher of last 5 years average”.

Alerts and Regulations

Jan 31, 2018

Wheat: The EU is expected to become the leading producer in 2017/18

In FAO estimates for 2017/18 China remains a leader in wheat production (not counting the EU). The United States and Canada expect in 2017/18 lower yields, in contrast to Russia, which has ambition to produce the record for the country nearly 84 million MT

Alerts and Regulations

Jan 30, 2018

Coffee: Brazil expects record crop in 2018

Experts say that a record crop in 2018 can help the country to regain lost shares in the world market. Global supply to exceed demand.

Import / Export Statistics

Jan 30, 2018

Wheat: Russia is expected to become a confident leader of world exports of wheat in season 2017/18

Russia becomes a grain superpower in wheat exports while the production of this agricultural crop in the world decreased in 2017 by 7.4 million MT

Alerts and Regulations

Jan 25, 2018

Grains: Record crop in Russia in 2017

MOSCOW. 134 million MT of grain had been harvested in Russia by the end of 2017 - an absolute record

Alerts and Regulations

Jan 19, 2018

Saffron: Fraud detected in Europe

New techniques for saffron falsification have invaded Europe in recent years and have prompted new technologies for identifying frauds to be developed.

Import / Export Statistics

Jan 16, 2018

Saffron: Bulgaria is set to become a large exporter

SOFIA. The climatic conditions and soils in Bulgaria could hardly be any better for growing saffron. The Rural Development Program 2014 – 2020 of Bulgaria backed by the EU, are providing extensive support for the costly cultivation of the flower.

Import / Export Statistics

Jan 12, 2018