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U.S. Mexico Canada agreement: A focus on the specialty crops market by FreshPlaza

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U.S. Mexico Canada agreement: A focus on the specialty crops market

This comprehensive update on the produce market delves into the latest movements, trading activities, and price fluctuations for various fruits and vegetables including asparagus, avocados, cucumbers, and tomatoes across key ports of entry in the United States. From the steady imports of asparagus from Peru through South Florida to the expected increase in avocado movement from Mexico, a wide range of produce dynamics are covered. Additionally, the impact of recent weather events, such as Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, on crop production and market availability in regions like South Georgia and Florida is explored.

Asparagus
Movement from Peru imports through South Florida ports of entry is expected to remain about the same. Trading is fairly slow. Prices of small are slightly lower, others are lower. 11-pound cartons bunched green jumbo are mostly 26.75-34.75, extra-large are 24.75-31.75, large are mostly 23.75-25.00, standard are mostly 22.00-23.00, small are 20.00-21.00. Quality is generally good. Movement from Mexico crossings through Arizona, California and Texas is expected to increase. Trading is fairly slow. Prices are lower. 11-pound cartons/crates bunched large are 26.75-27.75, standard are 24.75-26.75. Extra services are included. Prices represent few spot market sales.

Avocado
Movement from Mexico crossings through Texas is expected to remain about the same. Available supplies of 32-36s are light, however heavy supplies of 60-84s caused prices to fall. Trading 32-48s are active, while others are fairly slow. Prices 32-36s and 48s are generally unchanged, 40s are higher, others are lower. Cartons 2 layers Hass 32-36s are mostly 68.25-70.25, 40s are mostly 62.25-64.25, 48s are mostly 52.25-54.25, 60s are mostly 36.25-38.25, 70s are mostly 26.25-28.25, and 84s are mostly 20.25-22.25; organic 48s are mostly 66.25-69.25, 60s are mostly 49.25-52.25, and 70s are mostly 46.25-43.25. Extra services are included.

Cucumber
Movement from Mexico crossings through Texas is expected to decrease. Trading early was moderate, late is fairly active. Demand for large sizes is good. Prices are slightly higher. 1 1/9-bushel cartons medium are mostly 21.9522.95, fair quality are mostly 16.95-18.95, ordinary quality are mostly 12.95, large are mostly 24.95-26.95. Quality and condition are variable. Movement from Mexico crossings through Otay Mesa, California is expected to decrease seasonally. Supplies of large are light. Trading of large is active, others are moderate.

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For more information:
USDA
Tel: +1 (202) 720-2791
Email: press@usda.gov
www.usda.gov

 

La exportación de espárrago de Perú superó las 71.000 t a la semana 41, beneficio por FreshPlaza

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La exportación de espárrago de Perú superó las 71.000 t a la semana 41

Al llegar a la semana 41 del año en curso, Perú ha registrado exportaciones de espárragos que alcanzan las 71.630 toneladas, con un valor FOB de US$ 198.810.138, marcando una disminución del 8% en comparación con el mismo lapso del año anterior, según un análisis reciente de Fresh Cargo Perú.
El informe detalla que Norteamérica se posiciona como el principal mercado receptor del espárrago peruano, acaparando el 74% de las exportaciones totales, equivalentes a US$ 133.476.273. Europa se sitúa en segundo lugar, representando el 24% del total con US$ 7.926.620, seguido por Latinoamérica con el 2% (US$ 5.028.451), Asia con el 0,5% (US$ 1.956.400) y el Medio Oriente con el 0,1% (US$ 413.734).

Respecto a la modalidad de envío, el 60% de las exportaciones se realizó por vía marítima, mientras que el 40% restante se efectuó a través de transporte aéreo.

 

Fuente: agraria.pe

 

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Mexico overtakes Peru in asparagus shipments to the UK by FreshPlaza

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Mexico overtakes Peru in asparagus shipments to the UK

Mexico maintained its position as the world’s leading supplier of fresh asparagus until 2021. However, in 2022, Peru retook the lead after five years, relegating Mexico to second place. Since then, Mexico has focused on increasing its presence in markets also served by Peru, including the UK. Between May and June 2024, Mexico managed to export more asparagus than Peru to the United Kingdom, even though Peruvian shipments did not decrease significantly during this period. This is due to an increase in British demand for Mexican asparagus. In addition, Peruvian asparagus yields per hectare were 20% lower than last year, due to difficulties inherited from 2023.
Peru, facing a difficult year, has seen Mexico take advantage of its higher production and proximity to the United States to adapt to changes in international demand. Between January and August this year, Peru exported 49,499 tons of fresh asparagus worth $211 million to the UK, a decrease compared to the last year. Green asparagus dominated exports, accounting for 95% of the total. La Libertad stood out as the main producing area, followed by Lambayeque and Ica. Most of the asparagus was shipped through Jorge Chavez International Airport.

The US continued to be the main market for Peru’s fresh asparagus, followed by Spain and the United Kingdom. Exports to the United States decreased and exports to Spain increased. Despite the decrease in volume, exports to the UK increased in value, thanks to a higher average price.

Source: agraria.pe

 

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« Spanish cultivation of green asparagus is so good that we are looking at white asparagus and tips » by FreshPlaza

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Will Teeuwen, Teboza:

« Spanish cultivation of green asparagus is so good that we are looking at white asparagus and tips »

While participating in the Fruit Attraction, Teboza revealed the huge demand for European green asparagus. « This was one of our best fairs in history, » Will Teeuwen says enthusiastically. With its own Spanish crop, the asparagus producer, originally from Limburg, aims to serve a wide customer base, and in the meantime, tests with the cultivation of tips and white asparagus in Spain are also being started.
« A month ago, we started the first harvest of Spanish green asparagus. It is always difficult because the temperatures should not be too summery and the night temperatures should not be too high. These are the elements we have to navigate between. But fortunately, we managed to harvest good-quality asparagus. In hindsight, we could have started the season even earlier, because we see that we could have achieve the kilos and quality by then, » Will says.


Ken Heussen and Will Teeuwen of Teboza during Fruit Attraction

The cultivation in Spain is going so well that Teboza is currently orientating Spain to scale up cultivation by some 20-25 hectares for next year. « Then we will be at over 70 hectares in total. Now that may seem quite a lot, but if you distinguish spring cultivation, summer cultivation and autumn cultivation, the volume remains pretty manageable. Although we are out of the pilot phase, we cannot yet serve all customers at full throttle with this, » says Will.

Playing with the elements
« What we are mainly up against at the moment is that it is getting cooler and night temperatures are also going down. At the moment, it is raining quite a bit in our growing regions, making us ask ourselves whether we can continue harvesting for the last two or three weeks of the season or stop earlier. After all, we remain at the mercy of the weather gods. In theory, the planning is completely correct, but we are still playing with the elements. »

Teboza grows asparagus in Spain in Villamartin for regular and autumn crops and in the coastal region of Rota for early and summer crops. « We have had our own cultivation in Spain since 2013, but it did take a few years to find the right varieties and regions. Since 2018, we have started accelerating, » says the grower. The demand side is not the issue. « The demand for the green asparagus is good and is even higher than we can offer. Only last week we saw a brief dip, but that had to do with the strikes in America. Normally we see customers ordering very stable volumes weekly in the off-season, » Will says. « At the fair in Madrid, there was demand from all over Europe to start with Spanish green asparagus, but our focus at this stage is 100% on existing customers. »

Bringing Spanish cultivation forward
For now, Teboza is focusing entirely on green asparagus, but in the future, it plans to expand Spanish cultivation to include white asparagus and growing asparagus tips. « Next year, we will set up the first trials to see which varieties and cultivation systems are most suitable for growing white asparagus. Gas prices in the Netherlands and also the CO2 tax are increasingly making heated cultivation in the Netherlands impossible. We are therefore investigating how we can eventually bring forward cultivation in Spain, whether in greenhouse or outdoor cultivation. »

« Furthermore, we have started testing the thin, short asparagus tips on a reasonably large scale. For growers, this is never a very nice crop, as they prefer to grow thick asparagus, but we have found a way to increase the plant density tenfold. Next year we are going to see the first results of this, » Will concludes.

For more information:
Will Teeuwen
Teboza
Zandberg 14b
5988 NW Helden
Tel: +31 (0) 77 307 1444
w.teeuwen@teboza.nl
www.teboza.com

 

« Après l’asperge verte espagnole nous voulons élargir la gamme avec la blanche et les pointes d’asperges » par FreshPlaza

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Will Teeuwen, de Teboza (Pays-Bas) :

« Après l’asperge verte espagnole nous voulons élargir la gamme avec la blanche et les pointes d’asperges »

Après sa participation à Fruit Attraction Teboza n’a plus aucun doute sur l’intérêt pour l’asperge verte européenne. « Ça a été une des meilleures foires de notre histoire », déclare Will Teeuwen avec enthousiasme. Avec sa propre récolte espagnole, le producteur d’asperges originaire du Limbourg entend servir une large clientèle. Entre-temps, des essais de culture de pointes et d’asperges blanches ont été lancés en Espagne.
« Il y a un mois, nous avons commencé la première récolte d’asperges vertes espagnoles. C’est souvent un casse-tête, car les températures ne doivent pas être trop estivales le jour ni trop élevées la nuit. Nous devons donc nous organiser avec ces contraintes. Heureusement, nous avons réussi à récolter des asperges de bonne qualité dans de façon méthodique. Rétrospectivement, nous aurions pu commencer la saison encore plus tôt, au vu des rendements et de la qualité à ce moment-là ».


Ken Heussen et Will Teeuwen de Teboza pendant Fruit Attraction

La culture en Espagne se déroule si bien que Teboza s’oriente actuellement vers une augmentation de la culture de 20 à 25 hectares pour l’année prochaine. « Ça nous ferait atteindre les 70 hectares au total. Cela peut paraître beaucoup, mais en distinguant les cultures de printemps, d’été et d’automne, le volume reste tout à fait gérable. Bien que nous soyons sortis de la phase pilote, nous ne pouvons pas encore servir entièrement tous les clients », déclare Teeuwen.

Composer avec les éléments
« Ce à quoi nous sommes principalement confrontés en ce moment, c’est que le temps se rafraîchit et que les températures nocturnes baissent également. Il pleut beaucoup dans nos régions de culture, ce qui nous amène à nous demander si nous pouvons continuer à récolter pendant les deux ou trois dernières semaines de la saison ou si nous devons arrêter plus tôt. Nous dépendons de la météo. Sur papier, notre planification est tout à fait correcte, mais il s’agit toujours de s’arranger avec les éléments. »

Teboza cultive des asperges en Espagne à Villamartin pour les récoltes principale et automnale et dans la région côtière de Rota pour les récoltes précoce et estivale. « Nous avons notre propre culture en Espagne depuis 2013, mais il nous a fallu quelques années pour trouver les bonnes variétés et les zones de production appropriées. Depuis 2018, nous avons vraiment commencé à accélérer », explique le producteur. Ce n’est pas la demande qui fait défaut. « Les asperges vertes sont très demandées, la demande est même supérieure à ce que nous pouvons offrir. La semaine dernière que nous avons connu une baisse, liée aux grèves en Amérique. Normalement, les clients commandent des volumes hebdomadaires très stables hors-saison. À Madrid, on a noté une demande de toute l’Europe pour commencer avec les asperges vertes espagnoles, mais à ce stade, nous nous concentrons à 100 % sur les clients existants. »

Avancer le début de la culture
Pour l’instant, Teboza se concentre entièrement sur l’asperge verte et prévoit à l’avenir d’étendre la culture espagnole à l’asperge blanche et aux pointes d’asperges. Teeuwen commente : « L’année prochaine, nous mettrons en place les premiers essais pour déterminer les variétés et les systèmes de culture les mieux adaptés à la culture de l’asperge blanche. Le prix du gaz aux Pays-Bas et la taxe sur le CO2 rendent de plus en plus impossible la culture chauffée. C’est pourquoi nous étudions la manière dont nous pourrions avancer le début de la culture en Espagne, que ce soit en serre ou en plein air. »

« En outre, nous avons commencé à tester les pointes d’asperges fines à une échelle relativement importante. Les producteurs préfèrent généralement cultiver les asperges plus grossières, mais nous avons trouvé un moyen de décupler la densité de plantation. L’année prochaine, nous en verrons les premiers résultats. »

Pour plus d’informations :
Will Teeuwen
Teboza
Tél. : +31 773071444
w.teeuwen@teboza.nl
www.teboza.com