Pineapple Update January 2020

Now we are approaching the completion of the first month in 2020, it has become apparent that there is a limited supply of Pineapple, which is rather strange in comparison to the historical records. People are now even more pessimistic over this years total supply, it is expected to be less than 1 million tons […]

Published: 24th January 2020

South Africa Vine Fruit Report

The Vine Fruit crop in South Africa is progressing well in both Upington and Vredendal. It had been indicated that this year’s crop will be 5000 MT more than 2019 crop reaching 80000 MT. This is despite the frost damage that hit the upper river area of the Orange River near Groblershoop and resulted in a […]

Published: 24th January 2020

Turkish Vine Fruit Update

Turkish Vine Fruit Update Everything in Turkey at the moment would suggest downward pressure is going to be applied to pricing of raw material in the coming months. Exports are down 8% year on year for the crucial Christmas period of September to December, which is made even more astonishing when you consider almost all […]

Published: 3rd January 2020

November 2019 Walnut Position Report

The November 2019 Walnut position report is out and the Californian walnut industry is up 1.3% in Nov.2019 over PY and up 1.55% YTD vs. PY. Receipts were 632,060 inshell ton through November 2019. Based on historical information this is estimated to be about 98% of the total which extrapolates a total crop of approximately […]

Published: 12th December 2019

Apricot Market Update

Exports in November were a steady 9,931 tons, compared to 10,396 tons last year Year to date exports are 39,406 tons compared to 39,971 tons last year. Average price for diced apricots year to date is $2162 FOB compared to last year same period of $2175 Average price for whole apricots year to date is $2747 FOB […]

Published: 6th December 2019

Typhoon Kammuri

Typhoon ‘Kammuri’ swept through the Philippines on Tuesday, leaving a half-million people in evacuation centres. It has caused a high volume of damage to schools, airports and daily life has been disrupted. Historically, coconut trees are capable in surviving relatively undisturbed in typhoons, it is too early right now however to establish if Kammuri has […]

Published: 5th December 2019

Almond Market Update

The Almond board of California has released the much-anticipated Almond Position report. The report has shown record shipments of +6.89% in comparison to last year’s 247.1 million pounds. The industry has been anticipating a record shipment report and this has been attained. Exports have shown to reach 202.95 million pounds DOMESTIC          +62.55 million pounds                  […]

Published: 13th November 2019

New Crop Cranberry Update

As the cranberry crop draws to completion, it is no surprise to most people that the crop has come in a lot smaller than expected. Nearly all growing regions in north America are down. Most affected being Wisconsin, it has been rumored that the crop is approximately 25% off of the estimate. That’s more than […]

Published: 13th November 2019

Walnut Market Update October 2019

The Walnut board have released the in-demand October shipment report. Total shipments for the month were 93,870 tons, up 2.7% from last year. Total shipments YTD are now 120,102 tons, up 1.7% from last year. Inshell shipments were the star, up 8.2% on the month and 7.8% YTD. Kernel shipments are down 2.5% for the […]

Published: 11th November 2019

The Current Situation in Chile

The Current Situation in Chile- Exporting Effects This week marks the third week of strikes and riots occurring across Chile. These strikes have seen violence, arson and looting of private and public property. All of these proceedings have been occurring alongside with strikes from the main services concerning the export of agricultural products. Ports, highways […]

Published: 8th November 2019