Apples
French strikes hit fruit market
Exports of apples and pears have been disrupted at various French ports due to strikes and blockades, Fruitnet reports. Blue Whale estimates losses at €150,000.
Specifically, the ports of Calais, Dunkirk, Le Havre, Rouen, Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, La Rochelle and Marseille report significant decreases, while container terminals at Le Havre and Marseille are the worst hit, according to Fruitnet.
Blue Whale president Christophe Belloc said:
“We are used to dealing with technical or weather problems that...
Ukraine: Record low prices for apples
Ukraine, in 2018, saw a record yield of apples. As a result, the supply of these products increased by at least 150-200,000 tons, which negatively affected prices. According to EastFruit analysts , this year the prices for these fruits have already dropped to a record low for at least the last five years.
According to the data, today, apples in the Ukrainian market go on sale at 4-8 UAH / kg ($ 0.1-0.30 / kg), which is twice as cheap as in April last year and 1.5 times less than the average...
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Apple stocks in EU remain enormous
Apple stocks in the EU remain enormous, this spring. At the beginning of March, record volumes were in the storage rooms of European companies: The highest number of the last 12 years. This is reported by analysts of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association with reference to the reports of the World Pear and Apple Producers Association (WAPA).
According to WAPA calculations, as of March 1, the total reserves of apples in the EU reached 3.099 million tons, which is 1.7 times more than on the...
Positive forecast for South Africa’s fruits
No fireworks but a good, steady crop for South African apples and pears is anticipated for 2019
The early forecast for South African apples and pears combined has predicted a modest 3 per cent increase on last year’s drought affected crop.
While apples are expected to grow by 5 per cent compared with last year, the pear crop is anticipated to come in on more or less the same level as last year.
If this forecast materialises during the first few weeks of the harvest, South Africa could once again...
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