Argentina: Concern over high levels of pears in cold storage

The stocks of pears stored in cold storage chambers reached 111,573 tons at the end of July of this year, a volume that represents a year-on-year increase of around 46% and 38% when compared to the average of the end of July of the last five seasons (2019-2023). This is detailed in a recent report prepared by the Río Negro Fruit Growing Secretariat, which shows that the July data maintains the trend of previous months. The high stocks deepen the concern within the activity, taking into account that in the second half of the year, the export sales of Argentine pears are reduced and that the domestic market continues without reacting, neither in price nor in volume. “Much of the pear that was stored, at this point in the year, was already directed to the industry since it had no commercial outlet. We must think that the statistics handled by the Secretariat of Fruit Growing are more than a month late,” said an important market operator when consulted by +P. “Despite this, we must ...