Denene Erasmus, marketing development & communications manager at SATI told Freshfruitportal.com that all indications show a normal season ahead and that South Africa remains well positioned to supply the market with quality grapes.

With harvest ongoing, the industry expects to harvest a crop of over 90 million boxes and to continue shipping through December.

This is the second consecutive season that the Chilean Table Grape Committee expects growth in shipments.

The industry faced high temperatures and water shortages in Sonora, which impacted production. 

California growers have sustained that the authorization unlawfully abandons traditional, time-tested safeguards and exposes U.S. grape producers to significant risks and costs, including those related to invasive pests.

The complaint says the authorization unlawfully abandons traditional, time-tested safeguards and exposes U.S. grape producers to significant risks and costs, including those related to invasive pests.

The main players in the table grape industry of Chile and Peru met to analyze the challenges facing the sector in the coming years on the basis of collaborative work.

The latest report from the USDA shared by the California Table Grape Commission shows that YTD shipments have been higher than the last three-year average, reaching 12,714,617 boxes up to the week of August 2. 

The Chilean table grape industry exported 64 million boxes, equivalent to 528,795 tons during the 2023-24 fiscal year.

The new protocol will be officially published on Thursday, July 19 in the official gazette of the executive branch of the U.S. government, after more than 20 years of negotiations between the two countries.