Europe reduces avocado arrivals while Chile maintains its leadership

The European market closed the week with 579 avocado shipments, a 4% decrease compared to the previous week and 8% lower year-on-year than last year. Despite this decline, the distribution by origin confirms Chile's dominance, remaining the continent's leading supplier with 34% of the total, practically a third of the available supply. It is followed by Colombia with 24%, Israel with 22%, Spain with 10%, and Morocco, which is consolidating its presence, reaching 9% of the market.

Among the most significant weekly variations was the sharp increase from Spain, which saw its volume rise by 67% compared to the previous week. In contrast, Chile registered a 19% decrease, a trend that directly influenced the overall decline in arrivals. Colombia, meanwhile, maintained a similar volume proportion to that of previous weeks, without significant changes.

In terms of prices, Rotterdam, the main entry point for avocados in Europe, showed mixed performance depending on size. Smaller sizes declined: size 30 fell by 3% and size 26 by 8%. In contrast, medium and large sizes showed improvements, notably sizes 22 and 24, which registered increases of 9%. The increases were more moderate for the largest sizes.

In Spain, prices remained virtually unchanged from the previous week, with no variations that altered the overall market dynamics. However, an additional factor provides context to the situation: as Gabriel Katkovčin explained in his analysis from the Czech Republic, although the volume of containers entering Europe remains within normal ranges, retail channels are not efficiently absorbing the supply.

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