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The market has remained stable. The winter season should end without pressure. Arrivals from Florida are nearly finished and have almost ended week 20 (27 000 boxes only). Stocks have been available because of the last weeks significant volumes, but as they are all booked in multiple line, the effect on the market should be relatively moderate. Demand has been satisfactory and prices have registered a slight increase. Sales have continue to be slow for Israel. But, as the remaining volumes are limited, prices have remained firm and at a good level.

The Hass market has resisted better than expected, as the volumes from the Southern Hemisphere have developed slower than forecasted on the continent. Part of the Peru deliveries have suffered a delay (one boat, due at the beginning of the week, arrived lately on Thursday). SAR arrivals have continued to develop far earlier than usual, but a great part of the fruits has been directed to the UK. Thus, the prices decrease has been moderate, excepted for the biggest fruits (grade 10-12-14), where Peru pressure is quite strong. In this context, the green market has remained well balanced.

The market has remained unchanged and undersupplied. The Spanish Navelate season is coming to its end. Delivered volumes have decreased further and prices have once again increased. The Spanish Valencia supply has developed further and is now slightly higher than the average (but not large enough to compensate the Navelate shortage). Moreover, harvest is already finished (95%). In this context, prices have increased further at both production and import stages. This situation has been advantageous for the Maroc late sales, which deliveries have increased further.

Although the situation has remained difficult, most of the northern European markets have shown signs of improvement. However, supply has remained comparatively stable and slightly larger than average. A slow decrease in the volumes from the West Indies has begun. However, shipments from Africa have continued to be fairly substantial and, above all, those from dollar suppliers have remained large. The deficit in Costa Rican fruits has been more than compensated by above average quantities from Colombia and Ecuador.

The market has remained very stable. Arrivals from Florida have continued to tend down, but have remained significantly above the last seasons average (but concentrated in the hand of a limited number of traders). However, demand has remained in line. Prices stable and very firm. Market every tense in grade 48. Sales have remained quite slow for Israel. However the remaining volumes are limited (almost over in 40—some moderate volumes of 45 still to commercialize). Some last volumes from Cyprus. (around 9.00/10.00 euros).

The market has remained very satisfactory, even if global supply has continued to develop. The Fuerte deliveries have remained slightly above the average. Volumes from Kenya have continued to be moderate, but the SAR/Peru ones have remained at their full swing. Furthermore, the very first significant volumes of Hass have been delivered from both Peru (big fruits) and SAR (significant earliness). However, demand has remained in line and prices have remained stable and high for Hass and Green. Stock almost insignificant.

The market has remained satisfactory and undersupplied. The Spanish Navelate volumes have continued to decrease. The season is slowly coming to its end. Prices have increased further. The Valencia offer has continued to develop slightly, but has not compensated the lack of Navelate. Volumes from Spain have continued to develop very slowly (low volumes remaining— speculation). Prices have remained unchanged. Maroc Late volumes have remained higher than the average, but prices have firmed significantly. Some first Jaffa late (1.00 / kg—no sales).

The European market has remained difficult in Week 19. However, the most exposed markets seem to have stabilised. Supply has still been fairly stable and large. Shipments of fruits from Colombia, Ecuador and the French West Indies have continued to be markedly larger than average. Furthermore, substantial stocks were available on some markets. However, demand has brightened temporarily. Promotion operations have been fairly numerous on most European markets. In addition, the negative effect of the season's fruits on demand for banana has remained limited to the Spanish market.

The European market has continued to worsen, in spite of a remaining quite good demand. The commercial week has been curtailed. However, the negative impact of the season fruit on banana consumption has remained very limited as the arrival of spring has been once again delayed (except for Spain). Nevertheless, the global deliveries have continued to develop. On the one hand, last weeks' stocks have been available in some countries. On the other hand, arrivals have continued to be higher than the average despite African volumes still noticeably in shortage.

After a punctual drop week 16, the green supply has strongly increased and they have reached a level slightly higher than the average. The SAR exports are back to an early developing after a decrease due to rainfalls in week 16. Moreover, the Peru/Kenyan deliveries have also continued to progress. However, demand has been quite satisfactory because green fruits have broken more widely on the multiple market. Furthermore, the Hass shortage, has worsened (very few volumes from the southern hemisphere and decreasing exports from Spain). In this context green prices have remained stable.

The market has remained well directed. Demand has been regular and dynamic and the offer has remained in shortage. The Navelate campaign has significantly and early declined. Some traders have already ended the season. Deliveries of Valencia have increased only slowly owing to speculation (short harvest and early end of the Navelate season). Prices have registered a new increase at the production stage and have reached the highest level of the three last campaigns. In this context, Maroclate sales have remained lively and prices have registered a slight increase.

The European market displayed a distinct downward trend in Week 17. First, supply continued to be fairly ample for the season even though arrivals from Africa continued to decrease. But dollar shipments remained distinctly larger than average and those from the French West Indies reached a peak. Demand started to slow in some countries (in anticipation of a shortened trading Week 18 and the first impact of the increase in the supply of the season's fruits from Spain). This context has resulted in a fall in prices to various degrees on all the markets.

The market has remained unchanged. Deliveries from Florida have significantly decreased and have remained in line with the seasonal trend. Demand has continued to be satisfactory and regular. Prices have remained stable and very firm. In this context, stocks have been moderate for all grade particularly for grade 48. The Mediterranean shortage has worsened and demand has remained quiet. Only one Israelian operator has remained on the market with significant volumes but still lower than last year. In the same time, campaign of other Mediterranean origins have been closed except for Spain.

The trend on the market has remained similar overall to that of week 15. Demand has remained satisfactory for Floridian fruits. Deliveries have continued to be larger than expected and have been higher than last year (+ 27%). Only few specialists have continued to receive normal volumes. Some stocks in grade 40 have been sell off thanks to promotional operations. Prices have been firmer than week 15 and have sometimes risen a little (grade 40). Demand has remained quiet for Mediterranean grapefruit. Global arrivals have gone on their downward trend.

The green market has slightly improved. Fuerte Peru deliveries have reached a peak and Kenyan supplies have remained stable. However, the global offer has been less significant than expected because of delays in SAR arrivals due to rainfalls. In this context, sales have been more fluent for all the green origins. Furthermore, some multiple programs have started with green avocado to face up to the Hass shortage. Prices have stabilized for all sizes. No significant stocks. The Hass market supply has been shorter than last week because of rainfalls in Spain in week 15.

The market has remained very satisfactory, for both table and juice orange. Demand has kept a normal seasonal level. The Navelate shortage has worsen, as a result of the early decrease of the Spanish season (supply around 10/15% below the average week 15). The harvest has been completed this week in the Valencia area. Prices have remained stable and high at the import stage and at the production stage as well. The Valencia offer has came back to an average. Spanish volumes have continued to develop. Prices have decreased slightly but have remained around 40% higher than the average.

Demand has continued to be regular and quite satisfactory in France, and has begun to improve in Northern Europe. Floridian traders have remained very confident, even if the last weeks exports have been higher than expected and in line with the last year ones. The market is getting more concentrated, and only few specialist have continued to receive normal volumes. Prices have increased for grade 48 and have been very firm for grade 40. Demand seems to have increase slightly for Mediterranean grapefruit.

The market has continued to tend down, with the come back, for the second week, of the green fruit supply to a level similar to the last season one. Deliveries from Peru have reached a peak, SAR supplies have continued to take off earlier than usual and volumes from Kenya have remained stable and above the average. Demand has not been fluent, but has waken up on a quite satisfactory way, especially for Peru and SAR (opening of some multiple lines, even in supermarkets used to work only with Hass).

After becoming fragile in Week 14, the market has displayed a distinct downward trend. All the same, demand has remained at a fairly good level. The weather has been cooler than normal for the season and still favourable for consumption, with competition from spring fruits remaining limited. However, arriving shipments have increased further, returning to a near-normal level in spite of the continued marked deficit in shipments from Costa Rica, a temporary dip in arrivals from Surinam and the beginning of a decrease in those from Africa.

The overall supply has remained significantly lower than last year and in line with the forecast. Florida has exported around 10/15% less than in 2007 to the EU the last 3 weeks and the arrivals from the Mediterranean have continued to be very moderate (less volumes remaining in Israel and season almost over for the others). However, demand has remained only medium in France, and has continued to be slow in Northern Europe. Prices have firmed slightly further for Florida, but the big move expected has still not taken place