Mexico is transitioning its supply regions for organic imported pineapples after wrapping up a longer than expected season.
“We’re receiving our last load of organic pineapples this week for the season. Our grower confirmed that the season rarely extends this far into July. Historically he’s sent his last load between June 25th-July 5th,” says Alex Madrigal of Covilli Brand Organics Inc. in Nogales, Ariz. This was Covilli’s first season carrying organic pineapples and while the company imported them from December through to mid-July, they are currently looking at a potential grower to fill the gap until December.
Supplies of pineapples have been coming from Oaxaca, Mexico while competing product has been arriving from Central America, Hawaii and also from the Yucatan, Mexico. “We hope to transition into our new region of Yucatan that will hopefully help carry us into December,” says Madrigal.
Demand meanwhile was solid for organic pineapples. “We’re seeing most of the interest in the Pacific Northwest,” says Madrigal. “However the Midwest and Southwest have also shown a strong interest.”
And as regions wind down and transition, prices are strengthening on pineapples. “It’s a slight strengthening--a dollar to two dollars and tenuous,” says Madrigal. “But again my grower tells me that he expected a bad market year.”
For more information:
Alex Madrigal
Covilli Brand Organics Inc.
Tel: +1 (520) 377-2202
[email protected]
www.covilli.com
