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CLOSED BECAUSE<br />
OF PHyTOSANI-<br />
TARy SUBjECTS<br />
To export to the south-east of<br />
Asia or Australia is not so easy. The<br />
French apple companies like Blue<br />
Whale are denouncing that the great<br />
markets like Korea, Japan or Australia<br />
are closed in products like apple because<br />
the phytosanitary regulations. Those markets<br />
that are opened - China or India even have tax of<br />
customs very high, which makes difficult that the product<br />
was competitive against the local supply.<br />
SENEGAL<br />
The three new projects planned<br />
for the melon production<br />
in Senegal led by<br />
Spanish, Dutch and<br />
French companies will<br />
not be carried out. The<br />
main reason is the economic<br />
difficulties that the<br />
projects installed have suffered.<br />
<strong>On</strong>ly the Brazilian project<br />
of Agrícola Famosa keeps the intention<br />
to produce melons in Senegal.<br />
PIEL DE SAPO<br />
IN GERMANy?<br />
A study made by the company<br />
Rijk Zwaan among the<br />
German consumers shows that<br />
the melon Piel de Sapo has a good future<br />
in the German market. The study was doing tastings<br />
with different varieties of melon and the Mellisimo variety<br />
(Piel de Sapo of Rijk Zwaan) was the most tasty for 78<br />
per cent of the consumers who participated in that tasting.<br />
A HORECA PRODUCT<br />
The apple is one of the fruits that more presence has in the<br />
Horeca channel of France. A study made by Interfel shows<br />
that 12 per cent of the apples are consumed by the French<br />
in restaurants, dining halls and groups; 27 per cent goes to<br />
the industry in jams or juices and 61 per cent is bought by<br />
the French in stores and supermarkets.<br />
47 PER CENT MORE<br />
30 days<br />
The Fruit Attraction closed its last round with more<br />
than 18,000 professional visitors, which means an increase<br />
of 47 per cent respecting to the previous round.<br />
The first and the second day were very intense, with a<br />
great amount of professionals within the fair. The exhibiting<br />
companies were satisfied and for the next round<br />
it is anticipated more presence of companies of South<br />
America.<br />
CRISIS IN THE LETTUCE<br />
The campaign 2010-2011 of lettuce in Spain has been<br />
bad. <strong>On</strong>ly during two weeks of February, the price surpassed<br />
50 cents of Euro in the origin. The companies<br />
anticipate that they will have negative balance and<br />
most of the companies will keep the same surface of<br />
production for the present campaign.<br />
DOUBTS<br />
The Dutch horticultural campaign has finished with the<br />
worst figures of its history and, in fact, only during the<br />
month of August the volume of the exports to Germany<br />
decreased 15 per cent. The question is what margin<br />
of action will have the Dutch import companies that are<br />
also interested in the Dutch supply. In the first months<br />
of the campaign, the Spanish exports to Holland have<br />
decreased almost 10 per cent, although the volume of<br />
supply in Spain has been higher.<br />
F&H International 1 • November 2011<br />
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