Californian Raisins - June shipments

Date: 17th July 2018 Category: Latest News, Market Report
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