Argentina's pear harvest and exports look promising with growers hoping to have a good year. This follows after a 'great' Argentinian cherry season. According to Jonatan Carballo, Sales Manager at Emelka SA in Argentina, "The pear harvest is going very well, we find quality fruit, with very clean skin. Mainly in the Williams, Abate Fetel, Danjou, Red Bartlett, and Red Danjou pears."
He says the fruit improved this year compared to last year. "The difference between this year and last year is this improvement in the skin, which allows for better selection grades, as well as volumes concentrated in large calibers."
Carballo says that prices are lower while the marketing also started slowly. "The Williams market has started very slowly, because there are many companies with Packham's pears from last season, with a large presence in important markets such as Brazil. This means that prices are lower than last year. We export about 15 million kg of pears, that is, 15 thousand tons."
Emelka SA, are growers and exporters of pears, apples, and cherries based in the Chimpay, Middle Valley of the Province of Rio Negro in Argentina. They export to China, the USA, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates as well as Latin America.
Argentina's cherries had a 'great year'
"As for Cherries, it was a great year, with good volumes. In our production, we had better sizes than last year, concentrated on 26/28 (Jumbo) and 28/30 (extra Jumbo). With good quality, and very good reception in the markets. The largest percentage of the market was taken by the USA and China. Prices were within logical limits, being very high at the beginning and then decreasing as Chile began to increase its volumes."
"For Danjou and Abate Fetel we find good prices since we are the largest producers in Argentina of these two varieties. This allows us to have the greatest presence in markets such as Israel, Russia, and the European Union. We therefore hope that this will be a great year for pears, due to the good quality and good sizes," concludes Carballo.
For more information:
Jonatan Carballo
Emelka SA
Tel: +54 9 113 599 1190
jcarballo@emelka.com.ar
www.emelka.com.ar