date:Jun 28, 2020
ed downwards
Avocado exports were initially estimated at 18.5 million 4 kilo boxes, but that estimate has been revised downwards to 16 million boxes. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, greenskin avocado exports to Europe declined at the start of the season due to the continent's lockdown. Inland transport from European ports such as Rotterdam to Eastern Europe (a market where many greenskins are shipped) was also hurdled by the lockdown. The second reason is that the avocados are smaller i