German importer seeks to improve lime trade

The lime is the little sister of the lemon with a distinct taste and thin rind. The citrus isn’t consumed like the orange, but it is often used in recipes and drinks. That is why many consumers love the lime. And limes are, just as many other fruit, available in organic and conventional form. Many organic limes are produced in the Dominican Republic and Mexico. And while the trade in organic limes suffers from supply shortages and quality problems; the trade from conventional limes is doing all right, guarantees a large German importer of fruit and vegetables.

No problems with conventional limes

“We don’t know of any problems with the cultivation of conventional limes at the moment,” states the importer. He imports his limes exclusively from Mexico and Brazil. “We have been very content with the quality,” says the importer proudly. “Only the prices suffered in the last few weeks; the prices were quite low. On the whole we had too much produce and the trade was quite slow.” The German importer expects an improvement the coming weeks. “We expect that the trade will pick up in the next weeks. The prices will increase now the amount of limes on the market is lower. The surplus will be sold off slowly. We count on changes from next week on.”

Season without supply shortages so far

During this season there haven’t been supply shortages explains the importer of fruit and vegetables: “The supply is closely related to the weather, storms, too much rain or droughts and the farmers cannot harvest or ship the produce. And that will have an effect on our markets in the form of shortages.” But that hasn’t happened this season according to the entrepreneur. “Probably because we haven’t had problems with the weather this year,” states the importer happily, “So far we have always had enough produce from Brazil or Mexico.”