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Piracicaba, 05 – Table grape growers from São Francisco Valley expect good prices in July. With the end of Chilean harvest resulting low stocks there, competitiveness in Brazilian market shall reduce and, consequently, prices can increase – both for seeded and seedless grapes.
In winter, vineyards in Chile are in dormancy period, while harvest continues in Brazilian ones at low pace, though.
In June, prices went down due to lower demand – in winter, consumers buy less fruit. For example, benitaka variety was sold by BRL 2.94/kg, a reduction of 18% in comparison to May. Besides that, truck drivers’ strike in the end of May blocked fruits transportation and impacted on prices in early June – when a large volume of stocked grapes came into market.
Source: hfbrasil.org.br
