Update on the GCC countries

The Middle East market continues to show strong performance for citrus and apples. However, other commodities are facing slower demand, as seen with South African Pears and Angelino plums, which are not performing as well.

• Citrus
• Pome
• Grape, Stone & Kiwi Fruit
• India & Bangladesh
• PPECB Statistics

There is still a small volume of lemons remaining to be packed in the Northern regions.
Star Ruby shipments will continue for a while longer, as producers are pacing weekly volumes to avoid oversupplying markets.
Soft citrus packing is now underway in both the North and Senwes areas.
Turkey valencias had a slow start but is expected to pick up from the end of next week.
Europe is currently taking a lot of the early Valencia oranges, which are mostly yellow and tend to be on the larger side.

Soft citrus and lemons are currently being packed in the Eastern Cape.
The first Navel oranges have also started being packed, although volumes remain limited at this stage.

Market update

The market is still seeing a high volume of Egyptian Valencias, which has led to a drop in price levels. Although their season is expected to conclude soon, the exact volume still held in Egyptian cold stores and potentially bound for market remains uncertain. As a result, buyers are approaching early South African Valencias with caution.

Meanwhile, there is limited supply of Spanish Navels in the market, as South African shipments have yet to arrive.
Lemons continue to perform strongly, with steady demand and positive market conditions.

The market is currently being supplied with Chinese mandarins, though the season is expected to conclude during the month of June.
South African soft citrus has begun arriving in limited quantities, but larger volumes are anticipated from the end of May through June.

Grapes – Market Update           

The first grapes from Egypt has started to make arrival.

Kiwi fruit

The first shipment of Chilean kiwifruit has arrived, with pricing roughly aligned with that of Iranian kiwifruit.

India

Pears

Pears coming more and more under pressure every day with slow movement and prices dropping.

Bangladesh

Apple Market

The Apple market is struggling as too many vessels arrived at the same time. They also can’t store the apples coming in as the cold stores are full of potatoes.