IPG NEWS
IPG looks to keep its customers, suppliers, and partners world-wide, all connected and in touch through its new IPG News Reports. This news source will highlight the most significant, relevant and day-day international trade and produce news stories.
We feel it’s very important to not only have a great understanding for our current market and country, but to maintain a worldly viewpoint and full understanding of all other markets and their effects on the fresh produce export/import industry. Please stay connected and informed through our news channel.
Total Value Of U.S. Agricultural And Related Products Exported To Taiwan Reached A Record $4.4 Billion In 2022
February 10, 2023
In 2022, the total value of U.S. agricultural and related products exported to Taiwan reached a record $4.4 billion, an increase of 13 percent compared to the previous year. Taiwan successfully remains the 6th largest market for U.S. agricultural & related exports. The record year surpassed the previous record set in 2018 of $4.1 billion. Products in the Consumer Oriented category continue to play an increasingly important role, with beef, poultry, and dairy products hitting new highs. Top 5 U.S.…
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How High Could Chilean Cherry Exports To The U.S. Go?
February 10, 2023
As the world’s biggest cherry exporter seeks less reliance on China, its second-largest market appears ripe for expansion. There are few fruits more popular in China than cherries. As consumer spending power has grown, so too has demand for the fruit, whose red hue represents prosperity and fortune. Cherries imported during the winter in particular have become somewhat of a status symbol, in part due to their higher price tag than most fruits. Arriving in peak volumes for the Chinese…
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Chile And Peru Cherries, Grapes And Blueberry January 2023 Market Feedback
February 6, 2023
Chilean and Peruvian cherries, blueberries and table grapes have done well in key markets of China, the US and Europe during January 2023. The Chinese Golden week during week 4 was indeed golden for the Chilean cherry industry with a record 415 289 tons equivalent to over 82 million boxes delivered during January 2023. According to market specialists iQonsulting, Isabel Quiroz and colleague Camila Miranda after the Chinese New Year, the market is usually slow due to the 2…
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Alejandro Fuentes, President Of Agap, “Peruvians Need To Have Peace, They Have To Go Back To Work”
February 6, 2023
Tomorrow will mark two months of a deep political crises in Peru with the fresh produce export sector calling for peace. Leading the call for peace on behalf of Peru’s table grapes, blueberry, mango, avocado, exotic and other fresh fruit and vegetable export industries is Alejandro Fuentes, President of the Association of Agrarian Producers Guilds of Peru (Agap). “Peruvians need to have peace, in some areas they have to go back to work. Over the past three years, there has…
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USDA Estimates All Citrus Categories Down For 2022-23
February 6, 2023
A recent report by the USDA is estimating that global citrus production will decrease in 2023. Orange production is estimated 5% lower to 47.5 million tons as lower yields in the European Union and the U.S. is only partially offset by a larger crop in Egypt. The advance of citrus greening disease in large growing regions, along with high winds from hurricanes, have severely impacted cultivars in Florida. Regarding lemons and limes, global production is forecast down 7% to 9.3 million…
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