Dried Fruit and Nuts

120 Articles

A Promising Future Expected for South African PecansAt the recent China International Tree Nuts Conference, Alfonso Visser, CEO of Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts and SA Pecans, discussed the South African pecan industry and its plans to further increase production and exports to China	August 23, 2018 Andrew
China to Produce Half of Global Macadamia Crop by 2022China's national macadamia production is predicted to reach 190,000 tons nut-in-shell by 2022—about half the predicted global total. But the there are still a lot of issues with quality.	August 21, 2018 Dan Siekman	Macadamia seedlings growing in Yunnan province, China. Image: Sino-Australian Agricultural Technology Development Company
Fruit and Vegetable Tariffs between China and US Expected to RiseFruit and Vegetable Tariffs between China and US Expected to Rise. the US government began taking comments on a proposal to ramp up tariffs from 10% to 25%.At the same time,, the People’s Republic of China announced new duties ranging from 5% to 25% on up to $60 billion of U.S. imports.	August 11, 2018 poqmars
Walmart and JD Promote Second Annual Shopping Holiday to Millions of CustomersWalmart China and ecommerce retailer JD today staged their second annual “August 8 Shopping Festival”. The promotion was tangible evidence of Walmart’s strategy of strengthening its capabilities in what in China is called O2O (Online to Offline).	August 08, 2018 Dan Siekman	A Promotional Banner from the JD.com touts total discounts of up to 50%.
Trump Administration Announces $12 Billion in Aid to FarmersOn July 24, the Trump administration unveiled its three-part plan to offer $12 billion in aid to American farmers affected by retaliatory tariffs imposed by its trading partners in response to the growing U.S.-initiated trade war, which has been received less than enthusiastically.	July 30, 2018 Andrew D
Carrefour Steps into China's "New Retail" FrayCarrefour’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	Image: Tencent via Caixin
PMA Fresh Connections China: Discovering China's New Retail LandscapeSuper Species, Hema and other new brands like 7Fresh from JD.com and Huixuan from Walmart are all relatively freshly established and are all competing against each other to be the replacement for traditional wet markets for urban consumers’ daily food shopping needs.	April 18, 2018 Dan Siekman	Exploring the fresh fruit section at a Hema Fresh supermarket.
Walmart Opens 'Smart' Small Format Supermarket in ShenzhenWalmart China has opened its first outlet in a planned new chain of small format supermarkets—joining a crowd of similar new tech-laden, delivery-oriented supermarket brands jostling to become Chinese consumers’ go-to choice for daily groceries.	April 04, 2018 Dan Siekman
China Imposes Tariffs on US Agricultural Products, Effective TodayChina today made good on its March 23 threat to respond to tariffs and planned trade actions against Chinese goods that were recently announced by the US government.	April 02, 2018 Dan Siekman
Breaking: China Proposes 15% Tariff on most US Fresh Fruits, Dried Fruits and NutsThe list released by MOFCOM of products proposed for 15% tariff includes all US fresh fruits that currently have market access to be imported into China, as well as most key dried fruit and nuts.	March 23, 2018 Dan Siekman	China's Ministry of Commerce posted a pdf document this morning with a list of US products proposed for additional tariffs.