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[fruitworldmedia]

The Fruit World Industry Show Guide compares fresh produce fairs and conferences Depending on how one counts there are more than 200 shows for the fresh produce Business in the world every year.

[chrisfruitnet]

Russia bans fresh fruits and vegetables from the EU and more

I was asked to go on BBC News this afternoon to discuss Russia's ban on fresh fruit and vegetable imports from the EU, US and elsewhere. And in the few moments before we went live on air, the news presenter leaned over and asked me a question that I hadn't prepared for. 

"Did you see this coming?" he asked.  I hesitated. "Yes, I think I did. I think we all did."

I'd made a few calls this morning to some people I know in the business. "Keep calm and carry on," said one contact down the line from the Prognosfruit apple and pear forecasting conference that's been taking place this week in Istanbul. "We're just going to have to see what happens."

I spoke to another contact, who was also in Istanbul, and I could hear the sigh in his voice which said to me that we had been expecting this all along.

And a third person, a mild-mannered Dutchman who I've known for 20 years, spoke with uncharacteristic severity "If this goes on for one year then it really is a disaster."

This import ban is a big deal. Russia imports some 2m tonnes of fresh fruits and vegetables from the EU worth as much as US$2bn annually. The EU accounts for about one quarter of Russia's annual fresh produce imports. Poland, Spain, and the Netherlands are the largest suppliers.

Back in the BBC studio, the floor manager counted down the seconds and we were live on air. So I spent several minutes answering the presenter's questions (the video is posted on my Facebook page) and told him quite honestly what I thought: that this is a big headache for the fresh produce business, that the fresh produce business is used to these kind of problems, that the fresh produce business is full of flexible and resourceful people who will manage their way through this crisis, and that we all need to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables to help our growers and to help our sectors.

When you come to think about it, these are the answers to all of our problems. And another solution is to look at market opportunities elsewhere in the world. Roll on Hong Kong!

[chrisfruitnet]

Two-thirds of the growth in China will come from lower-tier cities

Colin Currie, managing director of Adidas China, interviewed in the Financial Times

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Article by NAGARAJU YADAV at 2010-08-11 06:25:47 Categorized in STOCK MARKET, asiafruit, market, congress, china, asian, food, hong, kong, chain