Europe: Kenya becoming more visible

One of the factors making a difference this week in Europe is the arrival of avocados from Kenya, which, along with Tanzania, now account for 19% of the market. Peru remains the leader, with 68%, although its volume decrease is not as significant as projected.

South Africa accounts for 5%, followed by Colombia with 4%, and Chile, which has a slow but steady start, although still only holding a 2% share. In fact, Chile's harvest is beginning to grow as the weeks go by, in this early start to the season, as during week 35 it shipped 102 consignments to this continent, which will arrive in port during week 39.

The expectation for the coming weeks is that Peru will continue to see a gradual, albeit slow, decrease in shipments. Currently, 471 containers are arriving, and this number is expected to drop below 400 in the coming weeks. It is anticipated that shipments will begin to fall below 300 containers only in week 39.

Lower volumes in Peru and South Africa are creating opportunities for Colombia and Chile. However, in the case of Colombia, it's uncertain whether they will have sufficient volume and sizes, given that smaller sizes are dominant.

Prices are almost identical to last week, primarily at the Dutch market, where importers are reportedly securing fruit for the coming weeks. In Spain, there are some differences depending on size. As in the United States, large avocados have maintained stable prices, but medium-sized avocados have risen slightly. Prices for small avocados have increased, however. For example, size 30 Peruvian avocados have seen a 32% price increase.

Remember that the details of each figure and the weekly evolution of the movements of the world avocado market in all markets and origins can be found in the Avobook Premium Report of Week 36.