The business is expanding and remains profitable—but at a cost, writes Betina Ernst, President at consulting firm Top Info Marketing.
The General Manager of Exportadora Safco Perú speaks about his expectations for the 2024-2025 table grape campaign. Despite challenges in logistics and the lack of water in the north, strong production is expected, along with active demand in the United States and Europe, but a decline in the Chinese market.
Optimistic headlines are being shared in in the Peruvian press because a comparison is being made with the previous season, in the same months and, due to the early harvest of the current season.
Dirk Winkelmann, President of Vanguard Direct, reflects on upcoming opportunities for black table grape varieties.
The high rate of inflation has become a major talking point over the last few months. The Grape Reporter spoke with two experts from the U.S. and the U.K. to get their views on how this could impact table grape sales in two of the world's biggest markets.
John Pandol says: "Perhaps there are times and places where bluffing works, but in a world where reliability is king, bad information does more damage than good."
Chilean agronomist Martín Silva Armanet gives his take on the lessons taught by the recent climatic disaster that struck the table grape industry
Some 25 years ago no grapes were exported from India, but thanks to Nitin Agrawal's guidance it is now a booming industry exporting 187 million MT annually.
