US (CA): New record for table grapes
growers harvested their second largest crop ever, sending 110 million 19-pound boxes of grapes to consumers worldwide.
Export volume and value were also the second highest in history, with 44.5 million 19-pound boxes shipped at a value of $857 million. The top volume export markets
included Canada at 11.4 million 19-pound boxes, followed by Mexico at 5.7 million and China/Hong Kong at 5.5 million. Just over 40 percent of the total crop volume was exported.
“Overall, 2014 was a good year for most growers,” said Kathleen Nave, president of the California Table Grape Commission. “The industry was able to successfully harvest and ship a large crop at good prices over a very long season.”
According to Nave, the 2015 season is expected to mirror 2014 in timing, beginning late April and running through January. With the season only a month away, the
commission is gearing up its global campaign. “The commission campaign focuses on
motivating the trade to promote, and consumers to buy, more grapes from California
more often,” said Nave.
For more information:
Jeff Klitz
Grapes from California
Email: jeff@grapesfromcalifornia.com