WHAT OUR GROWERS ARE SAYING FROM…

Peru.

“No new comments.” – Agrocasagrande

“No new comments.” – Pampa Baja

“For Jack’s Salute, the berries have an average size of 23.2 mm. For brix, we have a 90% of the total bunches with over 15.5 brix.” – Agricola Cerro Prieto

“No new comments.” – Ecosac Agricola

“No new comments.” – Uvica

Chile.

“This is the first week of 3 weeks of harvest for the Firestar variety. We are having 700 size (18mm up) codes this first week and from the second week we will move to 900 size codes (20mm up). Sugar is on 18-20 brix. Color is even and full covered. The cluster is well formed and firm.” – Agricom

Green seedless

VARIETIES WE ARE CURRENTLY SHIPPING

Sweet Globes, Thompsons (Peru), ARRA15 (Brazil).

VARIETIES WE WILL BE SHIPPING SOON

Sweet Globes, Thompsons, Ivory (Peru)

OUR OUTLOOK

Brazilian greens have been arriving to the U.S. market with good quality and condition, and will continue for the next few weeks before giving way exclusively to Peru and Chile. The Peruvian green grape harvest has been progressing normally, and arrivals should gradually increase in January. The biggest bottleneck, creating short term tightness in the market, are lengthy delays in containers getting released and delivered to cold storages in a timely manner. Furthermore, due to limited supply of reefers, many are using shipping lines with longer transit times. The early Chilean grapes are reportedly 10-15 days delayed versus normal, so we won’t see big volume of Chilean greens before late January. We do have our first Chilean greens discharging in Philadelphia this week, but none will be packed in SUNRAYS®.

BEST UPCOMING WEEKS TO PROMOTE

Week ending January 23.

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Red Seedless

VARIETIES WE ARE CURRENTLY SHIPPING

Sweet Celebration, Jack’s Salute (Peru)

VARIETIES WE WILL BE SHIPPING SOON

Sweet Celebration, Jack’s Salute (Peru)

OUR OUTLOOK

While Peruvian arrivals of red seedless will slowly grow over the next few weeks, overall industry supplies will be EXTREMELY TIGHT for the next couple of weeks, due to the California deal finishing early and Chile not being much of a factor until February. The same logistical issues facing green grapes are currently being dealt with on red grapes. We expect strong market conditions on red throughout January, with heavier Southern Hemisphere volumes hitting in February.

BEST UPCOMING WEEKS TO PROMOTE

Early to mid-February.

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BLACK Seedless

VARIETIES WE ARE CURRENTLY SHIPPING

Sweet Favors (Peru)

VARIETIES WE WILL BE SHIPPING SOON

Sweet Favors (Peru)

OUR OUTLOOK

Import volumes have started, and while supplies will improve, we do not currently see promotional opportunities for traditional varieties before February. There may be some opportunity to promote Sweet Sapphires (SUNRAYS®) in the second half of January.

BEST UPCOMING WEEKS TO PROMOTE

February.