He does not think the government made this decision because of a local shortage, as suggested. "I think it was driven more by export organisations that want to keep their good reputations. Kenyans, themselves, eat different avocado varieties that are not exported. We did not see this official ruling coming. Exporters were expecting to start loading from the end of December/beginning of January. In our opinion, it is a wise decision. We are pleased that the government has intervened, as are our Kenyan suppliers. This is a measure that will be implemented as no export licenses have been issued."
"When the Kenyan avocados are nice and ripe, we can compete well with avocados from other countries such as Peru. We have never been happy with other importers who started importing unripe Hass avocados, for example, too early from Kenya. Another advantage is that we can start with larger sizes sooner than last year. We have customers for the baby avocados, but we would also like to have a supply of the other sizes", concludes Guido.
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