Indicators July-August 2002 : banana, avocado, orange, grapefruit, mango West African Season

CIRAD-FLHOR-ARF - FRA. 2002. Indicators July-August 2002 : banana, avocado, orange, grapefruit, mango West African Season. Fruitrop (English ed.) (94) : 24-29.

Résumé : Banana: The serious slump that started at the beginning of June was shorter than feared, even though shipments from the West Indies and Africa were still noticeably larger than average in July and August. The rapid recovery can be ascribed to a dynamic export flow to markets in the northern EU, where dollar banana supplies were much more modest than expected, and to a return to more reasonable retail prices in France. Avocado: Volumes were only average during the two-month period and demand was insufficient for the season until mid-August. In addition, quality problems affected the market for green varieties. Thus, price performance was still poor in July and recovered to a satisfactory level in August. Orange: Prices were down by nearly 20% in comparison with the average in July and nearly 10% down in August. The volumes increased in roughly similar proportions. Performance was therefore mediocre as a result of the continuation of the winter seasons in a context of relatively slow demand. Grapefruit: Operators did not really manage to profit from the early decrease in arrivals from South Africa as considerable stocks had accumulated in June and the quality of some batches was uneven. Prices therefore only reached an average level in spite of the comparatively low level of supplies. Mango West African Season: The end of the Côte d'Ivoire season at the beginning of July left the market under-supplied for a fortnight. New origins made up the deficit in the second half of the month, resulting in a more chaotic transition period. In August, massive arrivals from Brazil and Puerto Rico (shipped to northern Europe) and also Mexico, Senegal and Israel resulted in a difficult period for the market, with demand weakening to the benefit of the season's fruits.

Classification Agris : E72 - Commerce intérieur

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/509861/)

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