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Turkish grapefruit season is at the end in Poland

2021-05-12 10:11
The market of imported citrus fruit has entered a transition period between the season of the European offer (which includes imports from Turkey) and the season of imports of these fruits from the southern hemisphere (mainly deliveries from South Africa and Argentina). Specifically for grapefruit, this will be the end of the season for deliveries of fruit from Turkey and the beginning of deliveries of fruit from South Africa. However, this transition period will still take some time.
 
Usually the "European" season ends definitively in the second half of May, and usually in the last decade of this month. Therefore, Turkish grapefruits will not disappear from shop shelves and importers' wholesale offers tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but after the 15th of this month they will quickly disappear.
 
Their wholesale prices are currently at 4.00-6.00 PLN/kg. They have remained stable at this level since February. A year ago in April grapefruit prices rose to 4.50-6.50 PLN per kilogram but in the third decade they decreased to an average price of 5.25 zlotys per kilogram. This means that in the current season wholesale grapefruit prices remain lower year-on-year.
 
This is due to several factors. First, the harvest of this fruit was better than a year ago, but a very important factor was the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. A year ago, the panic associated with this pandemic had a pro-increasing effect on demand and prices for citrus fruit, including grapefruit. This year has been different. Retail demand has calmed down and the continued blockade of the HoReCa sector for a long period has hit overall demand for this fruit, which has significantly increased pressure on prices.
 
These overall unfavourable market conditions mean that this pressure on grapefruit prices will be passed on to fruit imported from South Africa. It can therefore be expected that prices of South African fruit will not be higher than current prices. We already saw this phenomenon last summer.
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