Inge Vos The first figures from the quinoa trade in 2014 are out! Both Bolivian and Peruvian market information services (INE in Bolivia and ADEX in Peru) publish facts about the countries’ exports. Unsurprisingly, exports have increased in comparison to the first trimester in 2013. Between January and March 2014, Peruvian exports have increased with 237%, which … Read more
Price Development: And once again, the direction in which the quinoa price is moving changes again. After the last weeks, in which we could observe a steady price increase that peaked at $5.80 for a kg of quinoa, many insiders expected the quinoa price to grow even more in the season 2014/2015. But last Saturday, … Read more
The Chocoa is organised to promote the consumption and production of sustainable cocoa and chocolate. The objective of the Chocoa Trade Fair is to facilitate new contacts between cocoa growers and chocolate makers. The Trade Fair took place in de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam on Thursday March 27th, and continued the next day, during the … Read more
The spices and herbs trade has been growing rapidly for several decades. In response to the sector’s growth and the extraordinary diversity of the trade and its products, the global food standards body the Codex Alimentarius Commission last year established the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH). The first meeting of the CCSCH … Read more
This year the 25th edition of BioFach took place in Nuremberg from 12–15 February. BioFach is the world’s leading Trade Fair for Organic Food. Three companies that participate in the CBI Export Coaching Programme Natural Ingredients Bolivia exhibited at BioFach 2014. Representatives of the companies Sindan Organic SRL, Agronat SA and Sumar presented their products. … Read more
In October 2013, quinoa producers from the region Salinas de Garci Mendoza in Bolivia were introduced to new machinery which they might use in a pilot project for the season 2013/2014. The machinery with the name Satiri I, II and III has been imported from Argentina just at the right time of land preparation, fertilization … Read more
Two Bolivian companies participating in the CBI Export Coaching Programme Natural Ingredients will be exhibiting their products at the Food Ingredients Europe (FIE) 2013 trade fair. These companies are ready to bring their ranges of natural ingredients to the European marketplace. Semexa SRL offers chia seed, dried beans and soy products (TSP) and Ishima SRL sells … Read more
From 3 to 6 October Mercadero organised a business tour for Bolivian chia exporting companies. The exporters met several chia importers and chia trading companies. They also learnt more about the novel food notification procedure for chia at the Novel Foods department of CBG-MEB. The first days of the chia business tour took place in … Read more
This year, five companies that participate in the CBI Export Coaching Programme Natural Ingredients Bolivia exhibited at the Anuga Trade Fair in Cologne. Representatives of the companies Sindan Organic SRL, Naturaleza, Bolhispania, Sociedad Agroindustrial de La Selva and Planta Procesadora de Alimentos WM&C S.R.L presented their products, met several of their business relations and established … Read more
This year Mercadero introduces a new product on the Dutch market: frozen ready meals with organic chicken, produced by BIOGRECO in Greece. BIOGRECO presents this new series of ready-made frozen meals: MEDITERRANEAN ORGANIC. Traditional recipes from Greece and the Mediterranean based on the unique BIOGRECO chicken have been selected. All other ingredients, such as extra … Read more