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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 harve...

"Limited supply of overseas grapes, sales going well" The first South African grapes have already arrived at SFI Rotterdam. Grapes from Namibia are also expected. "The grape market looks reasonably good. Punnett sales to supermarkets are going particularly well. We program loose grape sales more carefully. But you can make good money from these," says Jan Rozema. "The Brazilian grapes are just about gone, and Peru doesnt have huge volumes either. Add to that the South African and Namibian seaso...

"A lot more merchandise should have arrived by now" The campaign of overseas grapes from Namibia and South Africa is now ready to get going. "The first Namibian table grapes have now been loaded and will arrive in week 50, but this is a delay of 10 - 14 days," says Matthias Eggemann, joint managing director of the northern German trading company Fresh-Connection Fruchtimport LLC. Due to the predominantly cool weather at the end of October and in November, the start of the season was delayed. Th...