Strikes in Peru caused a drop in the world supply of red seedless grapes

The strikes in Peru caused bottlenecks in the world supply of overseas grapes, especially in the seedless red variety, according to a report by the international fruit marketer Fresh-Connection Fruchtimport Ltd. According to the report collected by the portal Fresh Fruit, the general director of the German company, Matthias Eggemann, said that the grape consumption campaign in this last stretch of the year has also been complicated by the ships arriving from South Africa (another global supplier) suffered "considerable delays" due to the strikes in the port of Ryterdam. ýThe consequence of this is that the maritime transport period will be extended by a few days, and the unloading will also take a few days. This means that when the goods finally arrive on the market, the Christmas trade will be virtually over, Eggemann said. The executive stated that, apart from the red varieties, the current supply situation of the other grapes from Peru and Brazil continues to be good. Due to ...