We completed our first full season of Organic Texas Grapefruit and couldn't have been more pleased with the support we received. Price's started off relatively high on the Rio Red's but eventually leveled out once we started shipping Rio Stars. We will be working on generating advertising money to use for both education on the Texas Grapefruit as well as securing money to be disbursed for advertising campaigns during the off season. We will be shipping for the first time, Texas Meyer Lemons and Tangerines in addition to our excellent tasting Grapefruit.
Italian Kiwifruit was a difficult time this year again due to the Euro being extremely high and the poor weather that was affecting most of Europe. Imports we not as active this year as the past few years. Quality on the other hand was very nice. Depending on the Value of the U.S. Dollar in exchange to the Euro along with other factors like rising fuel costs, we could be in for another long year of higher prices from commodities imported from Europe and the Middle East.
Also from Italy, we will have 5 loads of Organic Italian Blood Oranges this season which will be expeted to arrive sometime in late December. This is the first time ever a U.S. company will be importing organic blood oranges and we are proud to say that we were chosen to be the U.S. distributor. In addition to Organic blood oranges, we will handle Organic Italian Lemons which will be available in late October. Volumes should be expected to be 2 to 3 loads a week.
On the Conventional side:
IMPORTS: UPDATE!!!!!
TheTurkish Lemon deal is not looking very promising as prices in Mersin are not in line with the current U.S. market. With Chilean and Mexican product arriving at low prices, it's not in our best interest to ship any volumes until prices drop.
Other conventional commodities that will be avaiable are:
Italian Kiwi
Italian Navel
Moroccon Grape (trial item)
Italian Blood Orange
