Critical one-week delay for the Madagascan litchi season
- Published on 23/10/2017 - Published by Market News Service / FruiTrop
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- Product(s) : Litchi
- Rubrique / Thématique : Direct from the markets
- Country : Madagascar
- Keywords : Export
While the crop size should remain similar to 2016/17, the Madagascan litchi season should recover a normal seasonality after three early campaigns due to the lack of fruits maturity (shortage of rainfalls). Hence, the air-freight campaign should only begin in w46 (against w45 in 2016/17). Furthermore, the concern is focused on the sea-freight campaign, the spearhead of Madagascan litchi, for which the one-week delay (first volumes in w50 against w49) involves heavy consequences: losing 10 precious days of sales during the lucrative pre-Christmas season.
http://www.fruitrop.com/en/Articles-Web/Studies-Analysis/2017/Litchi-from-Madagascar