FEDEMCO escorts the first batch of Spanish persimmons to be exported to China

Fresh Persimmon

Published Mar 13, 2024

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The Spanish Federation of Wooden Containers and Components (FEDEMCO), representing 95% of Spain's wooden packaging production companies, highlights the benefits of wooden packaging, including anti-corrosion, sustainability, and maintaining freshness of fruits and vegetables. The wood used is certified sustainable, aligning with EU regulations to combat packaging waste. At the Fruit Attraction exhibition in 2023, FEDEMCO announced its Ecowoox certification, ensuring that wooden packaging is recyclable and meets PPWR requirements for 100% recyclability, supporting the goal to make all packaging recyclable by 2030 and reduce disposable packaging of fresh produce.

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The Spanish Federation of Wooden Containers and Components (FEDEMCO) was established in 1991 and is headquartered in Valencia, Spain. Its 80 members represent 95% of Spanish wooden packaging production companies. The Berlin International Fruit and Logistics Show (Fruit) held last month Logistica), International Produce Report interviewed Emilio J. Pérez, head of FEDEMCO, to learn about the advantages of wooden packaging in the storage and transportation of fruits and vegetables, as well as the latest developments in the field of sustainable packaging in Europe. For centuries, people have been using wooden containers to package, store and transport fruit and vegetable products. There are many types of containers, ranging from crates, wooden boxes to wooden baskets. Pérez said that Spain was the first to use wooden containers. Lemons are exported along the Mediterranean coast to maintain the freshness of the fruit. Wooden containers currently account for 12% of all fresh product ...

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