Valentines Day Not Coming Up Roses For India

Happy Valentine's Day
It is that time of the year when love shines. But India’s flower growers/exporters will hardly feel the warmth of love this Valentine’s Day 2022. Cupid will once again bring tears – like last year – to flower growers/exporters. Many had hoped that exports would rise but that did not happen.
Farewell Alfred Kuehlewind
We were saddened to learn of the death of Alfred Kuehlewind this past weekend in Los Angeles.
In 1974 Alfred opened Commodity Forwarders Inc. (CFI) as a one-man office in Los Angeles specializing in perishables products, especially strawberries to Europe by air.
In 2017, CFI became part of Kuehne+Nagel.
A Lunar New Year Story
It is apparent to almost anyone traveling on business that there isn’t enough time to enjoy authentic local scenery. Since no time for anything more than survival COVID business as usual has been unusual, to say the least. But now while the veil seems to be lifting here in the U.S. we can maybe get back and stick our toe in the water.

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