ORANGE JUICE
USDA has lifted its forecast for Florida’s orange production to 7.58 million tonnes.
Trading activity has been thin over the past month and offers for Brazilian concentrate have eased off.
APPLE JUICE
The global market for apple juice concentrate is collapsing with prices tumbling lower every week.
Shippers in Poland and China are sitting on large stocks as buyers negotiate steep discounts.
LEMON JUICE
The Argentinean crop is expected to be down by a third on last year.
GRAPE JUICE
Argentinean sources state that fresh production has been below par and that brix levels are lower than usual.
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
The USDA forecast for Florida’s 2007/08 grapefruit crop is at 1.04 million tonnes.
PINEAPPLE JUICE
The summer crop has just begun in Thailand, and as a result raw material prices have eased slightly.
MANGO JUICE
There are reports from India of crop damage due to unexpected summer rains in Tamil Nadu state and southern parts of Andhra.
The main crop in Colombia has now begun and is expected to be higher than last year.
PASSIONFRUIT JUICE
Heavy rains continue to lash the passion fruit growing areas in Ecuador, the key global exporter of concentrate.
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