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March 9, 2016
Good Weather, Stable Prices

 

Greetings from Veracruz, Mexico!

The weather here has been drying out a bit, which is great for the limes. We're starting to see a nice, dark green coloring and stable prices. As we move from an old to a new crop, expect smaller sizes to be more prevalent in the near future.

If you have an questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

John Berger
Market Source
McAllen, TX
(956) 413-8680
Weather 
Veracruz, Mexico
  • A little rain for the week is expected. 
  • We're experiencing a nice drying out period, which is great for the limes.
Quality
  • Very good quality on the limes across the board on all sizes.
  • With the amount of recent rain we are seeing more stylar, but not too bad.
  • We have extra staff on the limes pulling visible defects.
  • The limes have less shading and a darker green color.
Availability
  • We're seeing a shift from larger to smaller limes over the next few weeks as we move from old to new crop.
  • Crossings (average truck break down)
     
       110s  -  14%
       150s  -  18%
       175s  -  20%
       200s  -  24%
       230s  -  20%
       250s  -  4%
Pricing
  • Pricing has stabilized across the board. 
  • We may see some slight ups and downs but nothing drastic in the near future.
  • We expect FOB's to hit the upper 20's to low 30's by the end of the month before we see any relief.
  • We should see pricing start to shift as we move from larger (110s, 150s and 175s) sizes to smaller (200s, 230s and 250s) sizes.