Fresh Fruit Portal

06/10/2025

🥑 Is Asia the next frontier for avocados?
The World Avocado Organisation (WAO) has helped turn India into a success story, moving the fruit from niche to mainstream. Now, its sights are set on China, where young health-conscious consumers could drive the next wave of growth. 🌏

👉 Learn more:

https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/06/wao-asia-report/

06/10/2025

🚢 The Container Port Performance Index highlights notable gains in developing nations’ ports.

📈 Dakar, Senegal, surged from -82 to 23 in 2024, while India’s Jawaharlal Nehru continues its upward climb. Egypt’s Port Said now ranks 3rd globally.

👉 Full story at freshfruitportal.com

https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/06/port-performance-index/

06/10/2025

🍍 Could pineapples reshape US-Taiwan trade relations?
Taiwan has agreed to purchase $10 billion in US agricultural products over the next four years in exchange for market access to pineapple exports.

👉 Learn more: https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/06/pineapples-taiwan/

06/10/2025

🍐 How are automation and innovation reshaping the pear industry?
Family-owned Stemilt is running its new UNITEC packing line at full capacity after a 35% production increase in Washington’s 2024-25 pear season. The company is also betting on varietal innovation with its proprietary Happi pear. 🌱

👉 Learn more: https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/06/stemilt-pear-season/

03/10/2025

🍊 What happens when two leading citrus cooperatives join forces?
Sunkist Growers and Fruit Growers Supply Company have announced a strategic reorganization to form Sunkist Growers, Inc., a new entity set to boost innovation, efficiency, and future growth in the citrus sector. 🌱

👉 Learn more: https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/02/sunkist-fruit-growers-merger/

03/10/2025

🌍 What drives a fresh produce company to expand into new regions?
With sourcing in 18 countries and a strong presence in the US and Europe, Salix Fruits is now setting its sights on Asia and the Middle East after 15 years in the industry. 🍇🍊🍎

https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/03/salix-fruit-attraction/

03/10/2025

🥑 Could the avocado of the future be creamier, sweeter—or entirely new?

At Fruit Attraction 2025, Westfalia presented its avocado variety library, the largest of its kind with more than 140 cultivars. Part of the Orchard of the Future project, it uses AI, DNA-editing, and precision breeding to shape tomorrow’s avocado market.

👉 Full story at freshfruitportal.com

https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/03/westfalia-avocado/

02/10/2025

🥑 Why aren’t more Britons eating avocados?

A new report from the World Avocado Organisation (WAO) reveals that over 50% of UK households don’t buy the fruit at all. The industry sees young parents as the key to unlocking this untapped potential.

👉 Learn more: https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/02/uk-avocado-market-outlook/

02/10/2025

🌪️ USDA allocates nearly $570 million to cover agricultural losses in Georgia and South Carolina after Hurricane Helene.
Georgia will receive over $531 million, while South Carolina secures $38.3 million to support farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners. 🌱

👉 Full story at freshfruitportal.com

The USDA is providing more than $531 million to Georgia, whereas South Carolina will receive a block grant of $38.3 million with the same purpose.

02/10/2025

📍 Day 3 at Fruit Attraction 2025

From Freshfruitportal.com, we continue exploring the halls of IFEMA Madrid at one of the world’s most important horticultural trade shows.

Over these past days, we’ve had the chance to meet with leading companies, discover cutting-edge technologies, new varietal developments, and sustainable initiatives that are shaping the future of the industry. 🌱✨

The business and networking energy is nonstop: growers, exporters, importers, and industry leaders are gathering here to discuss trends and project opportunities for the global fresh produce market 🌍.

Our team remains on the ground, bringing you the key highlights, exclusive interviews, and insights from this international hub of innovation and trade. 💬📸

➡️ Stay with us on this journey and discover how fruit continues to take center stage in Madrid.

02/10/2025

♻️ What does true sustainable produce packaging look like?
A new report by the Sustainable Produce Packaging Alignment (SPPA) says functionality—not just recyclability—must come first. Durability and food protection are key to reducing waste. 🌱

👉 Learn more at freshfruitportal.com

https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/10/02/sustainable-packaging/

02/10/2025

🍅 Is the Florida tomato industry entering a new era?

With the end of the Tomato Suspension Agreement, anti-dumping duties on Mexican imports are back. Florida growers say this levels the playing field and ensures more stable, domestic supply. 🌞

👉 Learn more about the outlook for the season at freshfruitportal.com

Florida Tomato Exchange Executive Vice President Robert Guenther says the Sunshine State’s tomato industry is gearing up for a “strong market” this season.