According to the importer the Turkish production is not much different from previous years. "The problem this year is mainly the sizes. Clients prefer minneoloa's to be slightly bigger and that is different this year because there are too few. In order to prepare a nice variety for us the shipper must also sell a few lorries with small sizes. These mainly go to Russia. The quality, taste and colour are really good.
"The price is about 0.80/0.90/kg depending on the size. There are only a few large sizes, for which we ask more money of course. I think not too much will be available in the large sizes during the coming weeks. The market will remain reasonably clean. A surplus of small sizes may have an influence on the price. In addition to Turkey some from Egypt will also enter the market, but there I also hear the same noise about he sizes" Marcel continues.
"Of course Israeli minneola's have been on the market since December. Retail, especially, prefers Israel. It looks as if the Turkish minneola has to be rediscovered, because we can easily compete in respect of colour, taste and certainly price" Marcel says. Van Ooijen Citrus mainly sells minneola's to wholesalers, but also sell the citrus through supermarkets. The company sells the minneola's in 15 kg open top, 9 kg open top and pitufo of 2.6 kg.
For more information
Van Ooijen Citrus BV
149, Handelsweg,
2988 DC Ridderkerk
Tel: 0180-655555
Fax: 0180-557544
www.vanooijencitrus.nl