Dear Readers, The point that farmers in South Africa are starting to cut and dry the first loads of grapes is getting close. As it looks today, South African farmers are foreseeing a crop of 35 to 40.000 tons of
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Dear Readers, November 29th 2013 Future dis balance between supply and demand The fear is justified that in the years to come, we have to look forward to a disbalance, as described above, caused by a continuous, serious declining raisin-acreage
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Dear Readers, TURKEY: We have said it some time ago already (see our news-letter of the 1st of October) that it is abnormal to see prices/quotations from Turkey at levels which were about USD 4 to 500 over those of
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Dear Readers, EXTRA BULLETIN Not only South Africa suffered from night-frost at the wrong time but also Chile informed the market, late September, that the vine-yards were struck seriously by freezing weather. (The lowest temperatures since 80 years) It is
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Dear Readers, Back from the Anuga we have learnt that during the Fair, prices in general did not really change. Prices from Turkey are still pretty high, which means that some suppliers still insist on levels of of USD 3000.-.
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Dear Readers, Since the new raisin-crops in California and Turkey are under the roof meanwhile, at least for the greater part, the situation is getting more clear by the day. TURKEY: If it is true that the price of a
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The raisin-situation of 2013 is getting clear!! California is on the point of getting a more than fairly sized crop, so to say. Thirty percent more has been mentioned although we must wait another 14 days before the majority of
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Raisin-market On the Northern Hemisphere, August is the month of harvesting. Depending on the weather-circumstances during the season, the harvesting can start as early as the 1st of August but can also been spread out until end of August resp.
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Dear Readers, There are times that markets do not really move, neither upwards nor downwards. We are amid such time. Only significant changes in demand or supply can get a market really moving. In most cases the changes do not
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Dear Readers, Quicker than expected we come with some further news about the raisin-market: Since Turkey is the first in row (but more or less together with the USA) to come up with the new crop, everybody is looking sharply
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