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Chile and the EU sign agreement on organic products
Trade Trade
19.04.2016 RedaktionThe first EU bilateral recognition with a Latin American country has come to an end.
Wine, organic pact between the EU and Canada
Trade Trade
14.04.2016 EditorCanada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan confirmed the expansion of scope for the EU-Canada Organic Equivalence Arrangement (EUCOEA).
Europe: Organic Food Market should generate 39 Billion USD by 2020
Trade Trade
13.04.2016 EditorOrganic food and beverages market in Europe set to reach USD 39.04 billion by 2020, posting a CAGR of close to 7%, according to the latest market study released by Technavio.
Starkes Wachstum: Der schwedische Biomarkt 2015
Trade Trade
06.04.2016 RedaktionEkoweb Sverige hat die vorläufigen Umsatzzahlen des schwedischen Biolebensmittel-Markts für 2015 zusammengefasst. Demnach stieg der Umsatz von Biolebensmitteln um 39 Prozent auf mehr als 2 Milliarden Euro. Der Anteil der Bio-Umsätze im gesamten Lebensmittelmarkt stieg um 2,1 auf 7,7 Prozent.
France: significant organic growth across the board in 2015
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29.03.2016 Kai KreuzerThe organic market in France has been growing steadily for years. Turnover in the whole organic sector has now reached €5.5bn (preliminary estimate for 2015), which equates to growth of 10% compared with 2014. The number of companies in the organic industry, from organic farmers, processors and wholesalers to retailers, has risen to 42,216, a pleasing expansion of 7.2%.
Strong growth: The Swedish organic market 2015
Trade Trade
22.03.2016 EditorThe Swedish online portal Ekoweb Sverige has summarized the preliminary sales figures for 2015 for the Swedish organic food market.The summary shows that sales of organic food overall has increased by 39 percent to more than 21 billion SEK (2.3 bn €). The total turnover of the Swedish market for food and drink is about 280 billion SEK (30.3 billion Euro). Ekoweb is gathering the data every year. There is also a market report from KRAV the main certification organization of organic production in Sweden.
Tradin Organic: new projects for sourcing organic cocoa
Trade Trade
07.03.2016 EditorSince the 1980’s, Tradin Organic have been active in sourcing organic cocoa and is developing new projects each year. In 2015, some of the new origins added to the project list were Peru and Sierra Leone.
India: Organic Uttarakhand 2016
Trade Trade
05.03.2016 EditorThe organic trade fair and conference Organic Uttarakhand 2016 is postponed and will take place April 7-10th, 2016
at Parade Ground, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Tutto Bio: Italian Organic Yearbook launched
Trade Trade
04.03.2016 EditorSince 1993 Bio Bank is the Italian organic data bank. Year by year updated data and interesting activities are published in the Italian organic yearbook "Tutto Bio", the annual report on organic sector in Italy.
Russia: consequences of the import ban
Trade Trade
03.03.2016 Kai Kreuzer“Compared with a year ago, there has been a huge fall in the exchange rate of the rouble against the euro with the result that imported goods are now much more expensive,” says Tanya Lebedeva. She is the founder and CEO of LookBio, an important publisher of both a printed and an internet magazine for consumers and professionals in Russia. Tanya gives an overview of the problems for the organic sector.
UK: Organic market grows to 2,47 bn euros
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01.03.2016The Soil Association’s 2016 Organic Market Report launched on 23 February, reveals the organic market continued to experience steady growth of 4.9% in 2015. This is the third year of consecutive growth for the UK organic sector, now worth £1.95 billion (€2,47 bn).
Certified organic health and beauty sales up 21%
Trade Trade
26.02.2016 EditorThe Soil Association’s 2016 Organic Market Report launched onTuesday, 23 February, reveals sales of certified organic health and beauty products increased by 21.6% in 2015 to £54.2 million.
European organic market grew to more than 26 billion euros in 2014
Trade Trade
23.02.2016In 2014, the European organic market grew by approximately 7.6 percent to a value of more than 26 billion euros. This is shown by the latest data provided by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and others.
Global Organic Textile Standards certification keeps growing
Trade Trade
22.02.2016 EditorThe number of facilities certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) kept on growing last year, increasing from 3,663 facilities in 2014 to 3,814 facilities in 2015.
EU, Colombia increase the trade in organic products
Trade Trade
18.02.2016 EditorThe Government of Colombia and the European Commission announced the start of negotiations towards a bilateral agreement on trade in organic products.
Record number of visitors at BioFach and Vivaness
Trade Trade
15.02.2016As NürnbergMesse announced at the end of the four-day industry get-together in Nuremberg, approximately 48,000 visitors attended this year’s trade fair duo BioFach and Vivaness – 4,000 more than last year.
European food market is transitioning
Trade Trade
15.02.2016 EditorThe Fundación ExportAr (Argentina) has published a report on Europe's fruit and vegetable sector that covers trends, demand, competition, requirements and distribution channels
Germany: 10% plus for natural & organic cosmetics
Trade Trade
14.02.2016The German market for natural and organic cosmetics achieved an outstanding result in 2015. Turnover of controlled natural and organic cosmetics increased by 10 % and grew to €1.1bn.
Caution: growth trap
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14.02.2016 Horst FiedlerThe organic industry is at the parting of the ways: it either falls into the trap of a spiral of falling prices and quality or it masters the art of being the leader in terms of quality.
The Organic Brazil of the 21st century
Trade Trade
11.02.2016 EditorBrazil has a market in the order of R$ 2.5 billion (640 Mio.$), including exports, with the expectation of growth of 30-35% in 2016. Around 11.500 organic producers were recorded 2015.
German Dennree Group grows by 15 percent
Trade Trade
10.02.2016 EditorIn 2015 the dennree group achieved consolidated net turnover of €820m, 110 million more than in the previous year.
Nature & More takes true cost of food to the consumer
Trade Trade
06.02.2016 EditorAt a crowded Green Week in Berlin, the international organic umbrella organisation IFOAM and organic food distributor Nature & More jointly introduced the True Cost of Food initiative.
Vivaness newcomers pavilion
Trade Trade
05.02.2016Ten newcomers will present themselves with the support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy at a special pavilion for innovative German enterprises. You can find brief portraits here.
German specialist organic trade cracks 3 bn
Trade Trade
05.02.2016Evaluation of the figures from 20 wholesale companies in the German Organic Trade Association BNN reveals a rise in turnover of 11.4%. The turnover of the specialist organic trade increased in 2015 to €3.04bn.
Demand for organic beverages growing
Trade Trade
03.02.2016 EditorAccording to market intelligence company Euromonitor, the off-trade current value sales of organic beverages in the United States grew by 4% in 2014.
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