As the year draws to a close, buyers are beginning to look to cover their requirements of dried fruit through until the new crop next August. Exports of Turkish sultanas and raisins have reached 89,000 tonnes, compared with 93,000 tonnes at the same period last year. This is a drop...

Demand for dried vine fruits has been high over the past days as UK manufacturers and packers increase their requirements for raw material in the important selling period leading up to Christmas. The whole Brexit debate and the artificial deadline of October 31 has proved to be an unwelcome distraction,...

Global dried fruit markets are reported to be calm, with no significant shortages of raw material. The UK however remains heavily dependent on the supply of Turkish sultanas and raisins for the majority of its requirements for both bakery and retail. This strategy has worked well for the past few...

Prices of the different origins of dried vine fruits have been stable over the past few days, despite the intervention of the Turkish government to try to prevent the price of raw material from falling as packers compete with each other to secure forward export orders. The Turkish dried vine...

Northern hemisphere dried fruit producers have seen successful harvests and first new crop shipments of Turkish sultanas and raisins and Greek currants have now reached the UK. This is good news for the UK dried fruit industry where there had been shortages of sultanas and raisins as importers awaited new...