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Portuguese Almond Exports Cross €115.45 Million in 2025 as Shelled Volumes Overtake In-Shell for the First Time at 65% of Value — Sector Targets the Fourth Global Producer Slot Behind the US, Spain and Australia

Portuguese Almond Exports Cross €115.45 Million in 2025 as Shelled Volumes Overtake In-Shell for the First Time at 65% of Value — Sector Targets the Fourth Global Producer Slot Behind the US, Spain and Australia

Portuguese almond exports cross €115.45 million in 2025 on a 12% volume lift to 41,800 tonnes. Shelled almonds overtake in-shell value for the first time at 65% of the export tape; sector targets the fourth global producer slot behind the US, Spain and Australia within five years.
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Mesão Frio Vitivinicultores Flag 'Absurd' Production-Cost Spikes on Saturday 23 May as Pipa Prices Stay Frozen at €1,000 for Porto and €300 for Douro DOC — Green-Diesel Doubles, Tractor Repairs Cross €700 and Each Treatment Run Tags €500

Mesão Frio Vitivinicultores Flag 'Absurd' Production-Cost Spikes on Saturday 23 May as Pipa Prices Stay Frozen at €1,000 for Porto and €300 for Douro DOC — Green-Diesel Doubles, Tractor Repairs Cross €700 and Each Treatment Run Tags €500

Mesão Frio vitivinicultores told Jornal de Negócios on 23 May that production costs have climbed 'absurdamente' — green diesel doubled to €1.60/L, tractor repairs at €700, treatment passes at €500 — while pipa-of-Porto stays frozen at €1,000 and pipa-of-Douro DOC at €300.
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APA Eases Groundwater-Drilling Ban Across Most Algarve Water Bodies, the Moura-Ficalho Aquifer and the Left Bank of the Tejo-Sado — Faro Plain and Coastal Salt-Intrusion Zones Stay Frozen

APA Eases Groundwater-Drilling Ban Across Most Algarve Water Bodies, the Moura-Ficalho Aquifer and the Left Bank of the Tejo-Sado — Faro Plain and Coastal Salt-Intrusion Zones Stay Frozen

The Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente has partially lifted its moratorium on new groundwater drillings (furos de água) across most of the Algarve, the Moura-Ficalho aquifer and the left bank of the Tejo-Sado basin. The Faro Plain subsystem and coastal salt-intrusion prevention zones stay frozen.
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