In the southern hemisphere, the production of kiwi fruit is early, along with the production cuts in major northern hemisphere countries such as Italy, which makes the French kiwi fruit look good this season.
After two seasons of bumper crops, New Zealand's kiwi fruit production has returned to normal this season. In Chile, another big country in the southern hemisphere, two weeks early in the season, it ended early in mid-august and reported a 3.4% decline in production. In the northern hemisphere, Europe's largest kiwi supplier, Italy, announced a 14% cut in its forecast in September.
French exporters expectations, the country will have 60000 tons of kiwi fruit supply this season, although there are 5% compared with last year fell slightly, but under the situation of global supply, demand and prices are positive on export market.
"The Italian kiwi has been cut, and New Zealand has less than last year. "In France we are basically flat with last year, so we are in a good position this season," jean-baptiste Pinel, general manager of Primland, a French exporter, told Asian fruit. The company has Oscar brand French kiwi, which includes China.
"This one season is different, many markets look have a shortage of supply," the French planting exporters Blue Whale (Blue Whale) export manager Marc Peyres for Asian fruit says, "we have received a lot of demand, but it was not until next month (November) will begin to harvest. For now, Italy's top European suppliers appear to be below normal supply. With good demand and little supply, there is a rare opportunity for us growers to see.