With approximately 30% of the crop harvested when the hurricane hit, it is projected that 35% of the remaining crop – 25 million boxes – has been lost.

After a high-priced early Jalisco deal, Mexico’s traditional Sonoran production was delayed and otherwise set back by unseasonably chilly temperatures.

Incoming volumes this season culminated at 37.1 K tons, a 24% decline compared to the highest volume of 48.6 K tons recorded in the 2021/22 season.

Adverse weather, input costs surges and labor issues look set to cause a 3% drop in production.

Inflation has Peruvian producers and exporters on alert over concerns that consumers may opt to purchase less expensive fruit.

California vineyards experienced a variety of rainfall amounts in early September, leaving growers with radically differing views of table grape damage

The figure of $1.92 billion means that imports during the first six months of each year have more than doubled over the last decade.

Uvanova's Carolina Cruz and Martin Silva said: “We consider this season to be one of the worst, given that previous bad seasons - which saw water scarcity and rain during harvest - have had lasting effects.”

The 2022 California table grape season is off to a solid start with similar volumes to 2021 expected this year, but high costs, the ongoing shipping crisis and the added challenge of inflation remain a cause for concern.

Daytime weather has been cooler slowing the ripening process of the table grapes, and therefore, their harvest.