Plantations International

The series provides the typical wholesale price of bananas based on the countries of the origin. These prices represent nationally averages for the highest typical prices for bananas in wholesale markets such as Birmingham as well as London. The publication is regularly updated. The latest average price for a week of bananas was PS1.07 for bananas originated from Colombia. Bananas originated from Ivory Coast came in at PS0.97 per kg. Costa Rican bananas sold for PS1.06 and bananas originated from Guatemala were priced at PS1.01 in the week. Prices are all in pounds (PS) per kilogram. Click here to view the [...]

Latin American banana producing countries are dissatisfied with the recent price cut of 35% as part of a recent promotional campaign from German retail store Lidl. In the week ending March 13 is when the German retail store Lidl is releasing an advertisement that offers a kilo of bananas, which is certified as certified by the Rainforest Alliance at 0.95 euro cents. In a statement to the press, in its press statement, the Latin American Alliance stated: "We are the signatories to this note, are aware of that it is the right and the freedom of every players within the value [...]

Experts in agriculture say that prices for lettuce are set to go up next month, and may continue to rise into the end of the summer. This is due to the floods that struck the Salinas Valley, a crucial California agriculture region. It is the Salinas Valley, where a huge amount of lettuce, as well as other fruits and vegetables consumed in North America is grown every year, has experienced heavy rains and severe storms since the start in the season. John Bishop, national buyer of the distributor of produce Fresh Start Foods pointed to the additional water has caused flooding [...]

The Department of Agriculture in the Zamboanga Peninsula (DA-9) has teamed up with a farmer's group in the province of Occidental Mentaloro to sell their red onions within the region for a less expensive cost. The linkage to market was made on Thursday by the AMAD of the DA-9 and CBSIFAI. Contoroy Bato Singit Irrigators Farmers Association, Inc. (CBSIFAI) located in Occidental Mindoro. "We aid them in marketing their goods and at same time , we offer the local buyers of onions consumers at a reduced price," said Marissa Mohammad who is Director of the DA-9's Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division [...]

Customers at Sainsbury's were stunned when they were being charged PS15 just for one onion. Customers were particularly confronted by the pricey onion at the grocery store's online check-out. A customer was hit with a the bill of PS45.39 after putting three small brown onions into her shopping basket. Sainsbury's apologized, and blamed a glitch on its website. They told its customers that they are disappointed: "I'm sorry the price is excessive on your website. Customers will be charged at the correct rate on the day of delivery." Source: thesun.co.uk

The Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC) on the 31st of August 2022, signed an agreement together with Iranian Ministry of Agriculture on permitting the import of Iranian oranges into China which was the first agreement on importation of fruit between China and Iran. The initial batch of 1.78 tons of oranges originating from Iran were shipped into China by plane through Shanghai Pudong International Airport. To keep the oranges new, Shanghai Customs has implemented an efficient clearance procedures. Oranges were cleared from their destination at Pudong International Airport by noon on Saturday, and are scheduled to be placed onto shelves [...]