It is not a major move, nonetheless it does deserve to be highlighted, such is the contrast with a near-structural trend. Grapefruit imports on the world number two market rose slightly in 2017, after a long period of decline. Unsurprisingly, incoming Floridian shipments continued to follow the downward production trend. Conversely, the market was better supplied with a return to a higher import level from South Africa. Yet most of all, the new supplier countries continued their rise to prominence during the winter season, with continuing growth in incoming Israeli shipments (nearly 6 000 t in 2016-17) and Mexican shipments (more than 3 000 t). This move did have some impact on the Community market, to which these two origins sent nearly all of their volumes just a few campaigns ago.
Source: USDA
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