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COVID-19 Customer Update

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 sta...

Turkish Vine Fruit Update 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 ...

Pineapple Update January 2020

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 year...

South Africa Vine Fruit Report

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 ar...

Turkish Vine Fruit Update

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 Dec...

Walnut Market and Crop Update

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 ...

Apricot market update Dried apricot on a skewer.

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 ...

Typhoon Kammuri

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...

California Almond Forecast

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 ...

New Crop Cranberry Update

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 ...

Walnut Market Update October 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% o...

The Current Situation in Chile

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 occur...

New Californian Walnut Crop

New Californian Walnut Crop

New Californian Walnut crop is predicted to arrive both later and shorter than expected. There are reports from orchards that suggest the early varieties are down significantly compared to last year. Chandler variety crop represents about 60% of the ...

Almond Position Report

Almond Position Report

Almond September shipment figures have been released, to many people’s surprise, figures showed increases of 16.2% at 196.24 mm lbs With a shortage acknowledged coming into new crop, most markets were in desperate need of replacement inventory. A...

Turkish Hazelnut Market Update

Turkish Hazelnut Market Update

The overall assumption is the local market in Turkey remains firm. TMO and ‘private’ markets are both willing to buy and are absorbing the available volumes. Italy is a very active buyer at present due to their own crop being short. This ...

Hazelnut Market Report

Hazelnut Market Report

Demand: Export: 625-650,000 mt (Exports will be boosted by lack of Italian Hazels, relative competitiveness of the Turkish market vs Caucasus, and the wish for major users to take long cover). Domestic Demand: 100,000 mt TMO/FKB: 100,000 mt in shell ...

First New Crop Sultana & Currant Shipments On The Way

First New Crop Sultana & Currant Shipments On The Way

Shipments of Turkish sultanas are underway and expected to land in the UK at the end of this month. There is an exceptionally high demand for new material due to the temporary shortage of unsold raw material in the UK. The harvest in Turkey is ongoin...

Walnut Market Report September 2019

Walnut Market Report September 2019

Across the board 2018 Indian walnut crop is almost sold out, meaning shortly we will be getting into the coming crop with negligible stocks both with farmers and exporters. First arrivals of new crop are expected around the last week of September 201...

dried apricot

Turkish Apricot Update September 2019

Exports in August were 6,411 tons, compared to 7,546 tons last year Average price for diced apricots was $2262, average price for whole apricots was $2720 The First shipment of new crop is in, although slightly below expectations. This can probably ...

California Almond Forecast

Almond Board July shipments

The California Almond Board has released the July Almond Shipment Report with RECORD JULY SHIPMENTS of +154.1 million pounds compared to 143.8 million pounds last year for an increase of +7.2 percent. DOMESTIC 62.87 million pounds ...

Turkish VS Californian Raisins

News on Turkish VS Californian Raisins

There has been obvious discussion recently covering raisins, specifically Turkish. It has been highlighted that the United Kingdom are not favourable of Californian raisins due to there large premium. However, with Californian Raisin prices equaling ...

Walnut Market Update report

Walnut Market Update

News is in that the walnut crop is progressing nicely. It is predicted by most industry experts that the crop will be between 680,000-710,000 tons. The California Walnut Handlers held a meeting where discussions and estimates were submitted with rega...

pumpkin seeds Pumpkin Seed Market Update

Pumpkin Seed Market Update

Pumpkin Seed The total planted area of Shine Skin Pumpkin Seeds has been recorded as reduced by 20-30% in 2019. However, due to good weather conditions in North East China there is a chance that the new crop production could be of similar quantities ...

Figs New Crop Fig Market Update

New Crop Fig Market Update

The harvest of Figs is estimated to not start for another 3 weeks and a second harvest will take place in the second half of August for the lowland orchards, and early September for mountain figs. It has been said that the number of figs per branch s...

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