| Review and Forecasts | | | | Sea freight monthly review: November 2019 The newly dynamic competitive environment in the Med banana trade was the reason for continuing charter market activity in the large segment, with charterers in Algeria and now Libya keen to source their own fruit rather than rely on traditional suppl... |
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| Economic analyses | | | | Counter-season tomato A stunned European market The winter tomato market remains unsettled, between political tensions and sanitary pressure. Competition remains strong since consumption is treading water at this time of year, and could even fall in the coming years if some distributors stick to th... |
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| Review and Forecasts | | | | 2019-20 Mediterranean citrus campaign forecast Some light relief The Mediterranean is set for a light citruses season in 2019-20. This should enable the vast majority of growers, weakened by a 2018-19 campaign catastrophic in economic terms, to return to profitability. However, the medium-term production trends are... |
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| Direct from the markets | | | | Costa Rican pineapple No export record in 2019? This is what the exports over the first nine months of the year are pointing to. Volumes across all destinations were down by approximately 100 000 t from 2018. All the markets decreased in comparable proportions (by approximately 50 000 t for the EU-... |
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| Direct from the markets | | | | Peruvian grape Another bounce-back The prospects for the grape are rather favourable this year in Peru, and exporters are expecting to be able to consolidate the bounce-back in their exports. After a 2017-18 campaign hard hit by the effects of El Niño, the origin has taken an upturn, a... |
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