The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) of the Plátano de Canarias, which encompasses 100% of the production in the Archipelago, will now have a differentiated nomenclature within the customs code of the European Union. It has been reflected in the amendment published on November 1 in the Official Journal of the EU,

One of the things that make a country memorable to tourists and foreign business people is its produce, including local fruits. The homegrown fruits and other food items leave an indelible mark on those who visit the Philippines or have sampled our products at foreign trade fairs. The Japanese, for one, are fond of Philippine Cavendish bananas and pineapples and import these fruits regularly.

So far, in 2023, Peruvian banana exports reached 149,727 tons, registering a contraction of -12% compared to what was shipped in the same period of the previous year. For the past two weeks, Peruvian banana shipments have stayed within the 3,000-ton mark exported. In this last week, product shipments totalled 2,906 tons, which was 7% less than the same week the previous year.

Yara Clean Ammonia, North Sea Container Line, and Yara International have joined forces to develop the world's first containership powered by pure ammonia. The vessel, named Yara Eyde, will operate between Norway and Germany, establishing the first emission-free sea route to the European continent.

Prices reported are for DAT (Fruit Delivered at Terminal) and for the "spot market" and not for fruit contracted to "future", whose values are unknown to the rest of the market. DAP prices (for Fruit Delivered at Place) may include upcharges up to 6.5-7.0 USD per box including ripening costs, depending on port of discharge, terminal, final destination and the agreed place of delivery as per Incoterm or other terms.

Thailand has recently signed the deal to export 5,000 tons of bananas to Japan after a labour shortage during the previous government hampered the order. Chantapun Bunjamanon, director of the International Trade Promotion Department in Tokyo, said the office had previously worked with the Nakhon Ratchasima provincial trade office to bring Japanese banana experts to the area and show them how to grow bananas to meet the Standards and quality of Japan.

The scanners or non-intrusive inspection systems of the containers are installed and in a testing stage in the Port of Guayaquil, the port with the highest incidence of drug seizure in the country. Contecon Guayaquil, a private company that holds the concession for Guayaquil's Simón Bolívar Liberator Port, reported that it invested about USD 15 million in the scanners. The investment includes the acquisition of equipment and the adaptation of civil works.

It is one of the few British supermarket staples to have bucked the trend during the cost-of-living crisis, with the price of a bunch of bananas no more expensive today than three decades ago. Every country in the world with lower prices than the UK has its producers of the fruit. The Government has now been accused of pursuing an irresponsible post-Brexit policy that could reduce the price of bananas further in the shops – but at the cost of the livelihoods of thousands of workers on small plantations in some of Africa's poorest countries.

Banana growers' groups from Martinique -BANAMART- and Guadeloupe -LPG- in the French West Indies (FWI) are joining forces to make the French Government aware of their financial situation, which they consider "catastrophic". They went to the authorities to explain their difficulties and ask for help to keep the banana industry alive. The representatives of the banana growers' groups of the Antilles went on a working visit to France.

On October 25, about 1,000 workers from the Santa Inés Agricultural Company took over the CA-13 highway near the Planes, Sonaguera, Colón, protesting the Government for not authorizing the eviction of the people who had invaded three banana plantations in Bajo Aguán. To date, it has been 12 days since the Guanacaste, La Paz, and La Esperanza farms were usurped by peasants who claim about a thousand hectares of these lands, which, according to them, were confiscated a few years ago.

The Free Agrarian Platform of the Canary Islands and the Union of Unions of Farmers and Ranchers demand from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands more "transparency and responsibility" with the management of the Posei and the withdrawal of the volume of surplus bananas from the market to maintain the price, because "the 141.1 millions of aid deserve it".

The head of the Ministry of Public Security, Mario Zamora, announced that on October 24, there was new damage to one of the anti-drug scanners in the APM Terminal in Moín. Given this, a complaint was filed with the Judiciary so that the associated facts could be clarified concerning the electrical failure.

Hapag Llyod, a leading global shipping company, marks a significant moment in creating the world's largest smart container fleet by installing its 700,000th tracking device. This digitalization of the fleets will help track the containers, transmit data on a timely basis, and monitor any sudden container activities, making the supply chain more accessible and transparent. "We are proud to be at the forefront of the digitalization of container shipping," said Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd.

The Wageningen University in Holland reported: "The recent incursion of Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB) caused by TR4 has threatened banana production in the Chira Valley of Peru." Adding that "To develop a management strategy, we mapped the entire production area from the air. During 12 flights at an altitude of 610 m (2,000 ft), we gathered 133,700 images in a timeframe of two weeks and constructed an Ortho mosaic map of 73,000 ha. It unveiled the complex logistic network across the banana-producing region

The amount of containership capacity idled has surged again, the latest survey from Alphaliner reporting 315 vessels (1.18 million teu) in lay-up, representing 4.3% of the global fleet. In its fortnightly review of the inactive container vessel fleet, the consultant recorded a big jump from the 271 ships, for 942,035 teu, shown as idled two weeks previously. It said the idle tonnage figures had been boosted by the addition of several larger ships, including four 12,500 to 18,000 teu vessels and three of more than 18,000 teu, either anchored or sent to shipyards for surveys and repairs.