Mexican table grapes end 2024 campaign

Mexico has already finished the table grape campaign, the ideal moment to know the evaluation of the industry. Portalfruticola.com spoke with Sergio Lugo, director of Mexico Table Grapes, of the Association of Table Grape Producers of Sonora. The executive indicated that the Mexican grape season was marked by a drop in prices in the United States market, so for producers it was more attractive, in some cases, to leave the fruit in the national market. “This is because we manage a very strong and concentrated volume in the weeks,” he said in relation to the above. “Historically, we know that on average 3.5 million boxes are consumed weekly in the United States and we have up to 6 million boxes in inventory. That reflects an offer that the market is not meeting,” he added. Continuing with the analysis of the Mexican grape campaign, the director of Mexico Table Grapes explained that the industry did not obtain the expected yields in certain varieties, “due to the heat waves we had in ...