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Market overview southern hemisphere grapes
Overall growing and demand
Peru and Chilean grape demand is particularly strong in Mexico, and increasing in Canada, the USA, and Asia as California completes their ‘storage season’. Vanguard is seeing the first arrivals of grapes from their own ranches in Peru into various markets around the world and the results have been very positive season to date. Overall quality and condition have been very well received.
Peruvian grapes
The Peru grape harvest for traditional red and green grapes will be completed by the third week of February. IP varieties will be completed by the end of February, followed by the organic grape harvest predicted to be completed the first week in March.
Local Elstar, Jonagold and Boskoop available primarily
Native apples dominated as usual. Elstar, Jonagold and Boskoop were available primarily, while the presence of Fuji increased continuously. Nicoter appeared in Berlin, costing €1.80 per kg. From Italy came mainly Golden Delicious and Granny Smith, Granny Smith and Braeburn arrived from France. The complementary Dutch and Belgian shipments were quite cheap and therefore saw a friendly demand.
Sales options improved overall, especially red fruits, excellent for decoration purposes, were increasingly in demand. Prices did not change significantly. There were some price increases, in Munich somewhat more often than elsewhere. Meanwhile in Cologne, local Rubinettes und Boskoops dropped in price. In Berlin, prices for club varieties from Italy fell.