date:Jun 06, 2016
cartons arriving per week over a four week period. Volumes have tapered off and we expect the market and prices to stabilise within the next week or so.
From a Hass point of view it has been a difficult season for South African growers. Due the drought and high temperatures a lot of the fruit hasn't sized up and the count spreads have been heavily weighted to the small sizes and the markets can't absorb all this small fruit.
Typically from South Africa's total avocado exports 19% would be sma