Brazil: Year-end festivities stimulate grape sales

In summer weather and the countdown to the end of the year festivities, the grape trade is heating up more and more in the São Francisco Valley (PE/BA). Agents consulted by Hortifruti/Cepea report difficulties in meeting the high demand, both due to the growing demand from buyers wanting to guarantee supply in the coming weeks, and the decrease in the supply of seedless grapes, whose quality was affected by the rains in December. The trend is for sales to remain steady in the coming days, but it is possible to predict a ...