Strikes in Peru are already leading to shortages of red seedless grapes in Germany

The overseas grape season is getting off to a relatively slow start this year. "The current strikes in Peru have led to supply bottlenecks, especially for red seedless grapes. There is an urgent search for products and prices are very high," says Matthias Eggemann, director of Fresh-Connection Fruchtimport. Matthias Eggemann visiting South Africa Meanwhile, the arriving ships from South Africa are also experiencing significant delays due to strikes, Matthias continues to outline. "This means that loading has already taken a few days and unloading will also take a few days if necessary. This means that by the time the products finally reach the market, the Christmas trade is more or less over." Although stocks look good in Namibia, exporters are still struggling with a lack of packaging material. In South Africa, there has been too much precipitation in recent weeks and more rain is forecast. Matthias: "This has led to enormous crop losses at certain companies in the northern ...