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Banana exporters take Iran war costs into 2027 contract talks as US import prices rise just 2%

US diesel up 62% since February and Del Monte's banana margin down to 2.3%; after the 2022 cost shock, US contract-season prices rose about 7%

16 Oct

Apples
Brazil's apple exports to Europe double on bumper harvest, with little help from EU–Mercosur deal
15 Oct
Blueberries
Peru's weekly blueberry shipments fall 39% on the year as record heat runs into the peak
14 Oct
Spanish persimmon crop shrinks by up to a third, leaving Europe short of autumn fruit
14 Oct

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13 OctTue 21:19
Oranges
Florida orange crop to fall 23% in USDA's first 2026-27 forecast
Valencia crop seen down 14 per cent, tightening US juice supply, as Texas grapefruit growers report small fruit after record heat
21 SepMon 22:02
Strawberries
Egypt sells frozen strawberries to Brazil at 38% discount to Europe as EU residue checks bite
Egyptian surplus cleared in Latin America as tighter EU checks leave compliant fruit scarce; industry expects plantings to fall by up to 30 per cent next season
10 SepThu 21:47
Bananas
Drought emergencies spread in Central America as Guatemala banana belt gets 26% of normal rain
El Salvador, Panama and Honduras declare emergencies; Guatemala supplies 39% of US banana imports and 58% of US melon and papaya imports, and the shortfall has yet to reach the trade data
3 SepThu 17:41
Bananas
Record rain swamps Costa Rica banana belt, export hit seen from late October
Matina had 532.8mm in the 21 days to 28 August, the most since records began in 1940; Corbana says damage takes 10 to 12 weeks to show
28 AugFri 18:52
Strawberries
Egyptian frozen strawberries hit their cheapest July in Brazil as last Mercosur duty nears zero
Imports rose nearly 35 per cent in the seven months to July, with Egypt supplying 93.5 per cent of the frozen fruit at a price that has fallen every month this year.
27 AugThu 18:36
Lemons
Imported lemon prices fall 40% at US ports while California fruit holds firm
A surge of Argentine and Chilean supply has driven imported spot values sharply lower, but the domestic market has not followed them down.
25 AugTue 22:17
Grapes
Andalusia puts Axarquía Muscat losses at up to 70% after record July heat
The regional government has quantified the damage in its own market report, even as the harvest that would carry the evidence is being picked.
24 AugMon 21:22
Apples
Washington stops forecasting its apple crop, leaving the market to size the harvest
The state that grows two-thirds of US apples dropped its early-season estimate and declined to refine USDA's number, leaving one marketer's figure as the only Washington read.

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