MARKET UPDATE
Thai Pineapple Crop Update
The pineapple market continues to be very difficult. Due to sluggish demand and low prices at the end of 2017 and throughout 2018 the price of fresh pineapple dipped as low as 3 Baht per kilo (about 10 cents) and farmers became discouraged from growing the fruit altogether; many of them switched to more profitable crops like mango, rubber, jackfruit…
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China Tariffs to Increase to 25% as of May 10, 2019
*** Notice of Modification of Section 301 Action: China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation *** (Federal Register) The “Section 301 action” was released back in September, as part of the US’ continuing response to “China’s abuse of intellectual property and forced transfer of American technology”. This rule included the immediate assessment of an…
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Thai Pineapple Supply is Slowly Recovering
As Thai pineapple processors are getting ready to make a push for 2018 at the ANUGA Food Show in Cologne, Germany October 7-11th, 2017, they are reporting that the fruit supply is slowly recovering from last year’s low levels. Thai canned pineapple products have taken a lot of “beating” from end-users during the last 12-18 months because of lack of…
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