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Peru grape exports will increase by 5% in 2019-20, according to a new estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Traverse City, Mich.-based North Bay Produce Inc. has partnered with Guatemalan farm to bring imports of French green beans, snow peas, sugar snap peas, and Brussels sprouts to North American customers.

Paramus, N.J.-based Classic Harvest has added Chris DeSana as senior director of sales for deciduous fruit.

The final 2019 shipments of Zespri’s New Zealand kiwifruit crop were heading to Asian markets in December, putting an exclamation point on a season that saw SunGold shipments exceed Zespri Green for the first time.

Fruit importer LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., is promoting growing regions around the globe with the Dish to Discovery program.

The U.S. Senate has passed legislation to address a shortage of agricultural inspectors at borders who inspect imports for invasive species and other potential threats.

Pumpkins can be carved into scary jack-o-lanterns this time of the year, but there’s something scarier when it comes to imported pumpkins: invasive species.

The following two charts tell the relative stories of U.S. fruit and vegetables exports and imports.

Trade problems continue to linger for U.S. importers and exporters.

U.S. importers of European citrus will soon have to pay an additional 25% tariff after the World Trade Organization sided with the U.S. in its dispute with the European Union over illegal subsidies to Airbus.