Fruits

Thailand is a tropical country and is popular for bananas, oranges, and pineapples. Thai consumers are also interested in imported standard and premium fruits where they cannot be found or grown effectively within the region such as strawberries, ...

Spanning nearly all geographic regions and a wide array of crop varieties, 2017 was in many ways a disastrous year due to volatility in the weather, with enormous negative repercussions for the US fruit industry. While the growing US trend toward ...

The rising demand for healthy food that can be consumed on the go is among the major contemporary trends in the Australian food industry. Fruit is particularly well suited to this demand trend and many types of fruit are portable, easy to eat and ...

The fresh food industry experienced another year of positive growth in 2017, driven by volume growth in emerging regions of Asia Pacific and Middle East and Africa. Overall, volume growth has been supported by a positive performance in all ...

Consumers continue to be cautious about the quality of domestic fruits. A majority of Vietnamese consumers prefer foreign commodities despite their higher prices, as they perceive them to be of higher value and quality. In addition, promotional and ...

The government of the United Arab Emirates released new regulations for the use of pesticides and insecticides on fruits and vegetables imported to the country. This did not affect large importers and distributors however, as they have always been ...

The growing health trend and increased demand for “natural” or unprocessed products is anticipated to lead to increased fruit consumption over the forecast period. Cranberries/blueberries will remain the most dynamic product type within fruits. Often...

India is the second largest producer of fruits in the world; however, it lags behind many developing nations in terms of consumption. This continued even during 2017, when total volume consumption of fruits saw a moderate increase. Even though India ...

Taking advantage of the health and wellness trend, foodservice has started to focus on offering some fruit alternatives based on consumer demand and promoting vegetarianism and low-fat diets....

Other grocery retailers largely consists of organic food specialists, which are experiencing great success in fruits (including dried fruits), and also in meat and fish and seafood. This distribution channel is rapidly growing rapidly in fruits in ...

Avocados and lemons are highly consumed in Mexico, and any change in price has an impact on consumers’ budgets, since they do not stop purchasing such products. In 2017, the production of avocados saw a decrease due to the bad weather conditions, ...

Hit by the embargo on imports and national currency devaluation, total volume sales declined strongly in 2014 and 2015. This was most notable for less traditional fruits that rely heavily on imports, including kiwi fruit and pineapple. However, kiwi ...

The perception that fresh produce is healthier than chilled and processed fruits and vegetables contributed to the total volume growth of fruits in 2017. Rising unit prices within processed fruits and vegetables resulted in an increasing number of ...

The economy, the confidence of Brazilian consumers in the future, better credit lines and general elections in October 2018 will positively affect the performance of fruits over the forecast period. Economic experts believe that Brazil reached the ...

Cherries recorded the highest growth in 2017, seeing a double-digit increase in total volume terms, owing to its small base and high-end characteristics. Thanks to their good taste and rich nutrition, imported cherries have gained prevalence amongst ...

Overall, fruits in Germany continues to be a very mature and saturated category within fresh food, also meaning very high per capita consumption. It is therefore unsurprising that during the review period total volume sales remained almost unchanged,...

Total volume sales of fruits are expected to see a slow decline in total volume terms over the forecast period. Since many types of fruits, such as apples and mandarins, are domestically produced, the harvest conditions strongly affect the level of ...

Wholesale market traders in Morocco suffered a drop in sales of fruits in 2017. This drop even reached 50% during the month of Ramadan. This was in the wake of the arrival on the stalls of large quantities of fruits. Such stalls always operate in the...

Growing consumer sophistication is driving the demand for premium fruit types and those most commonly found in the specialised channel. Despite the fact that more traditional fruits still account for the overwhelming majority of fruit sales in Spain,...