Imports and Exports
TUBAC, Ariz. — With a projected 25% increase in grape exports from Sonora, Mexico, this season, the message to importers and marketers is: get the word out and promote.
The Port of Wilmington, Del., is modernizing with fully electric and eco-friendly cargo handling equipment from KoneCranes Inc.
U.S. imports of strawberries have trended sharply higher in the past five years, trade data show.
Terra Exports, Las Vegas, has opened a Central and South American division in Colombia.
With new duties on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S., industry groups said negotiations between the Department of Commerce and Mexico’s tomato industry must continue.
Unrelenting trade friction with China will likely cost U.S. fruit growers export sales again in 2019.
Chilean clementines are on the water and Chile’s summer citrus season has begun.
The Department of Commerce will follow through on its plan to withdraw from an agreement with Mexican tomato growers, triggering a 17.56% duty on tomatoes from Mexico, according to a Mexican official.
A University of Georgia study has determined that the state’s berry and vegetable growers will suffer if the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is ratified without changes.
The Department of Commerce has terminated the 2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, setting a 17.56% duty on Mexican tomatoes arriving in the U.S.
Al Bernardi, who helped established a Nogales, Ariz., brokerage as the area became a key link to imported produce, has died.
A panel of produce industry leaders in Nogales, Ariz., spoke in favor of free trade and against the threatened Trump administration imposition of tariffs on Mexican goods.
The certainty of stable trade relations between the U.S. and Mexico seemed to be evaporating in early June.
For foodservice operators, a new research report shows that Chilean lemons are in the right place at the right time.
California spring vegetables are seeing increasing competition from Mexican imports.
A recent gathering of trade officials from eight countries are a good signal for increased international commerce, according to Port Manatee officials in Palmetto, Fla.
DENVER – Despite the uncertainty with international trade, potato exports see significant gains.
Sweet potatoes continue to find an eager audience in foreign markets.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture memo last year reminded school nutrition directors about the importance of the long-standing “Buy American” provision for school meals.
Amid chatter that the Trump administration may try to help ease the pain to growers, China planned to up its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports.
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is expanding its fleet with a big order of 5,000 refrigerated containers equipped with Carrier Transicold’s XtendFRESH atmosphere control technology.
Organics Unlimited will be highlighting the company’s eco-friendly packaging, sustainability measures and GROW by Organics Unlimited social responsibility program at Fresh Summit.
Peru exported 182 million pounds of avocado to the U.S. this season.
Tefen, Israel-based StePac L.A. Ltd. has new packaging that promises better freshness and appearance for long-distance shipments of bulk blueberries.
Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Southern Specialties has partnered with national nonprofit Brighter Bites to provide two varieties of produce each week to the organization’s Southwest Florida program.
The Food and Drug Administration has released results of hot pepper and avocado pathogen testing under a program that shines a spotlight on select fruits and vegetables to examine possible food safety issues.
Los Angeles, Calif.- based Pacific Trellis Fruit has successfully launched Jam grapes, a new black seedless grape.
Gloucester City, N.J.-based Gloucester Marine Terminal LLC celebrated the first arrival of fresh Chilean fruit Dec. 17.
Tasked with shifting food safety oversight from a reactive to proactive role, the Food and Drug Administration has released a plan on methods to stop unsafe food from being imported into the U.S.
Offshore demand for U.S. potatoes continues to trend upward, marketers say.