Vineyard Observation Report April 2020

The awakening period The vines moved to the phase where the shoots become clearly visible at the end of the bunches with 4- 6 leafs emerging from each. This phase progresses very quickly which brings an extra vulnerability to the newly developing blooms against the frost risk. Any frost that may occur from now on […]

Published: 21st April 2020

Walnut Market Update

The Walnut shipment report has been released, with unexpected results. Total shipments were 60,126 tons, down 6.3% from last March, and YTD totals are now at 462,672 tons, down 6.8% from this stage last year. Total in-shell shipments for the month were 9,284 tons, down 44.9%, with YTD shipments at 261,658 tons, down 19.7%. For […]

Published: 16th April 2020

Almond Shipment Report

The Almond Board of California has released the March Position report with RECORD shipments of +208 million pounds compared to 184 million pounds last year for an increase of +12.6 percent.  Domestic demand in the USA was excellent, as suppliers tried to keep up with the incredible demand at the grocery stores for almonds, energy […]

Published: 14th April 2020

Turkish Vine Fruit Update April 2020

Export/Registration Numbers & Raw Material Information We have continued to see downward pressure on Turkish prices. Key indicators below go some way to show why: Exports are down 7% year on year for September 2019 to end March 2020. Export for March was up 12.6% Y-o-Y (2019 – 19,124 tonnes & 2020 – 21,552 tonnes). […]

Published: 8th April 2020

Turkish Apricot Update

Exports in March were 8,836 tons tons, compared to 8,396 tons last year. Year to date exports are 75,727 tons compared to 75,275 tons last year. Average price for whole apricots year to date is $2767 FOB compared to $2742 same period last year March has shown strong exports throughout, projecting a total export of 100,000 tons. […]

Published: 8th April 2020

Banana Chip Update- Philippines

COVID-19 has now caused the National Government of the Philippines to declare a heightened community quarantine across the entire Luzon Island (North Philippines) and nationwide declaration of a state of calamity. This has been decided due to several cases being announced in that Region. On following this due to the limited movements from sources of green […]

Published: 23rd March 2020

Situation in the Philippines - received from our partners

This is to update you on the current situation here in the Philippines with regards to our fight against COVID -19. Right at this moment, there is already 193 cases here.  Number of death climbed to 14. On the evening of Monday, March 16, our President Duterte declared the whole Luzon Island under enhanced community […]

Published: 19th March 2020

COVID-19 Customer Update

Covid-19 Update We would like to update all of our customers & suppliers with the actions that we have taken as a business to ensure that we keep things moving in this extremely challenging time. As of this morning we have switched all of our staff into 3 teams working in the office 1 day […]

Published: 18th March 2020

Covid-19 Customer Update

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak we would like to inform you about the Chelmer Foods current mitigation measures in relation to the virus. Please click on the link to review our statement. Customer Update on Covid-19

Published: 12th March 2020

Turkish Vine Fruit Update March 2020

Export/Registration Numbers & Raw Material Information We have continued to see downward pressure on Turkish prices. Key indicators below go some way to show why: Exports are down 9.1% year on year for September 2019 to end February 2020. Export for February alone was down 17% Y-o-Y (2019 – 19,500 tonnes & 2020 – 16,540 […]

Published: 9th March 2020