<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> California & Mexico</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.5.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The increase in Hass avocado prices has negatively impacted demand for Mexican product in the US last week, according to InfoHass.net.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Prices rose by $.04 to $ 2.88 per kilo as of last week. The increase caused purchase volumes to decline.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">On the retail side, consequences have included the loss of special offers for the fruit in supermarkets and the cancellation of supply programs.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Trade policies in California are driving the market right now. In accordance with other years, after California begins its harvest, many importers in the region reduce or suspend their supply programs with Mexico.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">For their part, in California, warehouses wholesalers who focus more on local fruit seek to supply themselves with Californian avocados between the first and second week of April. The transition from Californian Hass to the Mexican Hass avocado has been encouraged by the unusual price difference between the two, which puts Mexico above the competition.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">In Texas, importers report a slow week in terms of sales as well.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Once the market stabilizes its prices and volumes, and market competition heats up, buyers’ confidence will resume because they should expect the market to be stable.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Mexico's opportunity in this market will be in large fruit, as California has, mostly, medium-and small fruits. California's is reported to have 5,800 tons available.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.infohass.net/MercadodeUSA.aspx" target="_new">InfoHass </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
