The final stretch of the Egyptian grape season is coming up, and for Bulgarian fresh produce trader Triland it means the sourcing of the grapes is almost over, FreshPlaza informs.
CEO Mariya Dermendzhieva explains: “As a company we are specialized in grapes, citrus, kiwi, pomegranate and apples. We export grapes from Egypt, Greece, South Africa and Australia and are in the process of adding Peru as a source country. We’re now finishing the Egyptian grapes season, which we worked out wisely and it has repaid us already. As our main markets are in South East Asia, we limited the quantities of the varieties that traditionally can’t endure the long transit and focused on those varieties that always perform well, such as Sugraone, Crimson and Autumn Royal. This pushed the peak of our supply towards the middle and end of season, where our shipments were concentrated.”
Both the supply and demand of Egyptian grapes has been good throughout the season, Dermendzhieva states. “Our main markets are Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea. Egyptian grapes is allowed for import in only a limited number of them, such as Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. For all these markets there was serious price pressure at season start which settled the prices for programmed supply to levels similar to last season. Due to the very good quality of the fruits at our farms and their solid shelf life, the sales were rather smooth. There were no ups and downs in demand, as our clients devoted their programs to us. The Egyptian weather and condition of the grapes also helped for the smooth processes of harvesting and packing.”
Triland has has a lot of experience sourcing and exporting various fruits, especially the fruits of Egyptian origin, Dermendzhieva says: “We only sell fruits that we can call ourselves experts on and we try to offer these fruits twelve months a year to our clients, when this is possible. Egyptian fruits take up a serious part in our portfolio. We worked with Egyptian citrus since 2011 and with grapes and pomegranates since 2014. Every year, we work towards more sustainable fruit quality, which we easily achieve with the endless efforts of our partners there.”
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Once the Egyptian grape season ends, Triland will focus on the Greek kiwi season, and the pomegranate seasons, Dermendzhieva states. “We’re in the last 2-3 weeks of the Crimson export and are preparing our last orders. Meanwhile, we are preparing for strong demand during the new Greek kiwi season. We have new prepack options that will give our clients more flexibility and options. We are also settling our Egyptian and Turkish pomegranate programs, as the season has started already.”
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