AMSTERDAM- May 29- The world’s largest private label exhibition opens today at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam. This year’s “World of Private Label” International Trade Show is bigger than ever, with more than 14,000 buyers and visitors from more than 110 countries attending the two-day event. On Monday 28 May, PLMA’s pre-show seminar program featured a keynote seminar presentation by Justin King, who served as CEO of Sainsbury’s and held senior management positions at Marks & Spencer and ASDA. In another presentation, Tom Pennincks of The Nielsen Co. reported on the latest market share data for private label in Europe. On the Trade Show floor there are 2,500 exhibiting companies on t
RCN: Côte d’Ivoire: The meeting was held this week by the cotton and cashew council to discuss on the revision of the minimum prices and they decided that the prices be maintained as announced at the beginning of the campaign. Following this decision to maintain minima prices, the majority of exporters halted their direct purchases. Only loads whose purchase had been pre-financed are still accepted. The consequence of this blocking situation is that dozens of trucks loaded with cashews are stuck in port without being able to find a buyer and that buying in the production areas are almost interrupted. Burkina: Very few traders are still buying cashew and according to some wholesalers the few
The largest exporter in the world, Vietnam still imports 65% of raw cashew nuts Vietnam strives to increase the export value of processed cashew nuts by 2030 to US $ 7 billion, export turnover of US $ 10.5 billion. Vietnam is the largest exporter of cashew nut in the world, but imports 65% of raw material, of which Nigeria is one of the major raw material suppliers in Vietnam. Since 2006, Vietnam has risen to become the largest exporter of cashew nuts in the world and has started to become a major exporter of agricultural products worth over $ 1 billion by 2010. In 2017, Vietnam has exported $ 3.62 billion worth of cashew nuts, the highest ever and ranked No.1 in the group of five key export
The Almond Board of California released the February 2018 position report. Position Report April 2018
In spite of concerns about freezing weather during almond bloom, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is predicting a record crop in 2018. According to the NASS 2018 Almond Subjective Forecast issued today, California almond orchards are expected to produce 2.30 billion pounds of nuts this year, up 1.3% from last year’s 2.27 billion-pound crop. “Almond farmers used a variety of techniques to manage freezing nighttime temperatures in some parts of the Central Valley during bloom this year and those efforts appear to have worked,” said Richard Waycott, president and CEO, Almond Board of California. “Every year weather impacts farming, but almond tr
