Portuguese pear harvest enlivens logistics sector

The Portuguese pear crop is expected to result in an increase in FLV (fruits, vegetables and greens) shipments operated by Rangel Logistics Solutions between Europe and Brazil, until the beginning of November, the expected end of the fruit harvest. After expanding the commercial team, making agreements with shipowners to reserve refrigerated containers and ensuring presence in the main European fruit fairs with its sales team, the logistics operator expects to ship between four and five times more Portuguese pear this year than that handled in 2020 "We want a reasonable percentage of this market," says Italo Macedo, new business manager at Rangel, who is in Portugal to monitor the campaign. The executive's optimism is based on the projection of demand for the Portuguese pear Brazil, considered a premium fruit, not in competition with the national variety, whose harvest lasts from December to March. Although the euro and the dollar, respectively quoted at around R﹩ 6 and R﹩ 5, ...