Produce Sourcing Insights & Company News

Product knowledge, sourcing considerations and company updates for international produce buyers.

April 22, 2025

Effective April 1, 2025, India removed all remaining restrictions on onion exports — closing a turbulent chapter that opened with the export ban of…

April 8, 2025

The U.S. reciprocal tariff package — branded "Liberation Day" tariffs — takes effect on April 9, 2025, with Chinese goods facing a 34% reciprocal…

March 22, 2025

On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its intention to extend the compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule (FSMA…

March 8, 2025

Fruit Logistica 2025 closed in Berlin on February 7 after three days that drew more than 2,600 exhibitors from over 90 countries and 66,000-plus…

February 22, 2025

The EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation — Regulation (EU) 2025/40 — was published in the Official Journal on January 22, 2025 and entered…

February 8, 2025

Dubai's Gulfood opens its 30th edition on February 17, running through February 21 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, with some $20 billion in…

January 22, 2025

In December 2024, ginger prices in the Netherlands spiked to around €3.75 per kilogram as Brazilian supply — a key origin for the European…

January 8, 2025

The food trade enters 2025 facing a rare convergence: tariffs back at the top of the agenda, two major regulatory deadlines moving into the…

December 22, 2024

On December 17, 2024, US Senators introduced bill S.5564 — dubbed the SEWAGE GARLIC Imports Tariff Act — proposing a duty of $100 per…