Californian Raisins - June shipments
JUNE SHIPMENTS
UK shipments of Californian Raisins for June 2018 are down 86% against June 2017. Only 115mt were shipped in the month of June against 825mt from the previous year!
The Raisin Administrative Commitee June 2018 shipment report of Natural (sun-dried) Seedless (NS) Raisins shows that domestic shipments (including Canada) were 10,806 packed tons, compared to 17,715 tons in 2017 (-39%). Year-to-date domestic shipments are 152,937 packed tons compared to 180,214 tons at this time in 2017 (-15%).
NS export shipments (without Canada) for June 2018 were 5,440 packed tons, compared to 9,008 tons in 2017 (-40%). YTD export shipments are 82,881 packed tons, compared to 100,087 tons a year ago, a decrease of -17%.
NS shipments to all destinations year-to-date are 235,808 packed tons, compared to 280,302 packed tons for last year (-16%).
Top 20 Destinations for June
Natural Seedless
Packed Tons
| June Rank | Destination | Tonnage | Previous Rank | YTD Tonnage 8/01/17-6/30/18 |
| 1 | United States | 10,240 | 1 | 145,032 |
| 2 | Japan | 2,097 | 2 | 30,013 |
| 3 | Canada | 565 | 8 | 7,895 |
| 4 | Philippines | 505 | 6 | 3,786 |
| 5 | China* | 438 | 3 | 6,360 |
| 6 | Germany | 312 | 4 | 5,693 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 242 | 13 | 1,613 |
| 8 | Norway | 189 | 10 | 2,103 |
| 9 | Taiwan | 185 | 5 | 3,715 |
| 10 | Sweden | 167 | 7 | 2,979 |
| 11 | Finland | 139 | (-) | 1,045 |
| 12 | South Korea | 139 | 9 | 3,273 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 115 | 17 | 5,382 |
| 14 | Thailand | 104 | 15 | 2,069 |
| 15 | Indonesia | 96 | 12 | 1,159 |
| 16 | Mexico | 95 | 19 | 1,137 |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 85 | (-) | 973 |
| 18 | Colombia | 66 | 18 | 602 |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 64 | 14 | 1,190 |
| 20 | Singapore | 61 | (-) | 1,084 |