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FloraHolland Brings Global Cut Flowers to China FloraHolland transacts more than 12.5b plant and flower items each year with 2017 revenue of EUR 4.7b, and runs the world’s largest flower auction at Aalsmeer. Whereas FloraHolland’s traditional role involves helping suppliers to find buyers for their flowers, “in China, we want to focus on the market side and adopt the newest ecommerce techniques,” says country director, Martijn van Os. |
June 26, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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Latest US-China Trade Tensions Will Impact US Produce Trade The Chinese retaliatory tariff came in the form of a list of more than 500 US products that starting on July 6 will be subject to a 25% tariff on top of any existing tariffs. |
June 18, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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Gypsophila Helps Ecuador Lead the Way in Flower Exports to China In 2017, Ecuador surpassed Thailand to become China’s top supplier of fresh cut flowers by value, according to China customs statistics. |
June 13, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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Walmart China Unveils Consumer Traceability Initiative Customers at a Walmart store at Wanda Plaza in the southeastern coastal city of Xiamen can now scan certain packaged vegetables with their phone to see the vegetable’s history going back to the farm. The company hopes to eventually roll out the project nationally, and said that it hoped to achieve traceability for 40% of its packaged vegetable SKUs in China by 2020. |
May 25, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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Carrefour Steps into China's "New Retail" Fray Carrefour’s 4,000m2 retail concept Le Marché is the latest entry in China’s now-crowded field of “new retail” supermarket brands: small to midsize supermarkets with an emphasis on fresh ingredients and prepared food. |
May 24, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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Yunnan Floral Expos are Top Draw for Industry Insiders Three concurrent events will be held at the Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center on July 13 to 15: the 19th Kunming International Flower Expo, the 18th China Floriculture Retail Forum and the China Home Gardening Expo. |
May 19, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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Zespri to Conduct 'Commercial Trials' with China Sourced Kiwifruit in 2018 Zespri plans to choose one Chinese green and one red variety as the final products to source and market domestically in China. It does not plan to trial or provide local growers in China its proprietary green Hayward, sweet green or yellow varieties. |
May 09, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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China Fruit Logistica Conference Highlights The conference and knowledge-sharing portion of China Fruit Logistica is open to all China Fruit Logistica visitors, and takes place in the same hall as the exhibition, which is open from 10am to 4pm daily. |
May 08, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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China Fruit Logistica Premiers on May 14 This year marks the first ever China Fruit Logistica, to be held next Monday through Wednesday, May 14 to 16th, at the Shanghai Convention & Exhibition Center of International Sourcing. |
May 08, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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China Quarantine Authority Orders Stepped-Up Inspections of US Fruit According to industry sources in Shanghai and Shenzhen, as far as those sources can ascertain, all shipments of US fruits entering port in those two cities are currently being subjected to on-site inspections, which typically take no more than a day. Additionally, in Shenzhen, as far as the source there has seen, all shipments of US fresh fruits are being subjected to laboratory testing. |
May 06, 2018 Dan Siekman |
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