Summary of the global grape market

Low availability and difficulties with transportation are recurring problems in the current grape market. Peru's lower production and its focus on the North American market have had an impact on prices in Europe. For its part, Spain has also had problems with the weather, and India will suffer major delays due to the situation in the Red Sea, which is forcing ships to be diverted. This, in turn, provides opportunities for South African grape exporters. Spain: Prices through the roof due to low supply and high demandThe year 2023 ended with very high prices for table grapes in the Spanish market as a result of a reduction in the volumes of traditional white grapes with seeds produced nationally, as well as of seedless grapes from Peru. The season for domestic seedless grapes has ended earlier in 2023. It has been a season with much greater losses than expected due to the impact of the heat, which has also accelerated the end of the sales campaign, since it has not been possible to ...