date:Jul 06, 2015
ca, who don't have to cross the Panama Canal in order to reach Europe. Most of Global Fresh's exports go to Russia, and while the Russian ban on European goods didn't affect it directly, it did affect its customers. But despite those challenges, Global Fresh has continued to thrive.
Some of our clients had trouble making payments because of the situation in Russia, but that was at the end of last year, said Nikolaeva. The banana is a commodity product, so people will always buy bananas.