This first fortnight of April has been\nmarked by somewhat cooler weather and rainfall in most of the territory.\nof the territory. This is very good especially for the rainfed tree, as it strengthens it and makes it\nstrengthens it and makes the fruit bigger. In addition, the slightly cooler temperatures\nprevent further early flowering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In general, with the exception of some\nareas, especially in the north of the country, flowering is coming to a satisfactory end.\nsatisfactorily and as good news, of which there has been little lately, we can say that everything has\nhas occurred without serious damage. It is already difficult for a setback to occur at this time of year and to\nand affect it in a generalised way. It seems to be, as we\nwe have just said, that unless there are any surprises, we will have a good harvest. This does not\nWe would like to comment again on what we have said on previous occasions.\nWe have observed, in the traditional almond trees, that the view of the tree is beautiful, but they do not have a lot of almonds.\nbeautiful, but they do not have a lot of almonds. Fat ones, yes, but few. At\nOn the other hand, the new plantations, which are the ones that are going to carry the weight of the harvest, look quite good.\nharvest, look quite good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some photographs of our visit\nour visit to the area of Chirivel (Almer\u00eda).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As we commented in the last\nMarch shipments report, flowering in California is progressing quite satisfactorily and, unless there are any surprises, everything looks like\nprogressing quite satisfactorily and, unless there are any surprises, the next harvest is going to be quite good.\nthe next harvest is going to be quite good. The weather conditions have been very\nconditions have been very favourable and some companies are already reporting that the harvest will be a possible\ncrop at a possible 2.70\/2.80 blb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the price front, we have another week of bearish prices.\nprices, we are faced with another week of bearish prices. We note that it has gone from around $2.30\/lb.\nfrom around 2.30 $\/lb to around 2.25 $\/lb, if we take the STD 5% as a reference.\nif we take the STD 5% as a reference. New crop we have been able to observe\naround 2.15 $\/lb. The American seller is in a very uncertain situation for many reasons.\nuncertainty for many reasons. Not only the situation we are experiencing\nwhich leaves the evolution of consumption in doubt, not only for the rest of this season, but also for the beginning of the next.\nthis season, but the beginning of the next one. Also the fact that a very good harvest is coming, as we have\ngood harvest, as we have already mentioned, and they do not want to have too much carryin\ncarryin for the following season. Then there are problems with containers stuck in ports\nin ports where it is difficult to get them out for various reasons, especially in India.\ncontainers that many of them will have to be resold, without going into a debate on the\nto discuss the situation of the evolution of the pandemic itself. There are many\ningredients that give rise to a latent concern that is reflected in prices.\nprices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The evolution of the market in the current\ncircumstances we are in is impossible to predict. It will depend on the economies\nof each country to recover from this, taking with it that this pandemic ends as soon as possible.\nas soon as possible. What is clear is that the situation is going to be affected,\nin terms of consumption. Hopefully as little as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With regard to Spanish almonds, we are living in a situation of absolute tranquillity.\nare living in a situation of absolute tranquillity. Not only during Easter week, which was a totally inactive week, but there is no demand, not even from the market.\nwas a totally inactive week, but there is no demand either from the domestic or export market.\ndomestic or export market. Everyone is waiting to see what might happen in the future.\nin the future. On the other hand, the supply side is not pressing either. There is interest in\nbut no selling pressure. It is clear that the price must be corrected\nwith respect to the values before Easter, from commune owner to\n5.25 \u20ac\/kg, commune 12\/14 to 5.45 \u20ac\/kg and\nnew harvest September delivery in commune owner at 5.17 \u20ac\/kg. These\nprices, after the American decline and the lack of demand, should be corrected downwards, there is already\ndownwards, and there is already talk of possible values of 5.10\/5.15 \u20ac\/kg at commune\nowner. But this will only be seen in the course of the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With regard to organic, prices remain the same for the current harvest, with\nprices remain the same for the current harvest, with demand being lower in recent months, and the supply has\ndemand has been lower in recent months, and supply has disappeared. But for the new harvest\nnew crop, however, questions are beginning to be asked. It is clear that the buyer, faced with a possible better harvest this year\nbetter crop this year, will not buy at the prices they have been buying at lately, preferring instead to wait for a\nand prefers to wait for a possible break in prices. But\nbut they are already starting to take an interest. We will see how this evolves as the days go by.\ndays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, we must be aware that difficult times lie ahead.\nthat difficult times lie ahead. We say it again. We must be patient\nand know that nerves are not good companions. First and foremost it is\nout of this situation and maintain the best health we can, and then we will see how the market\nwe will see which way the market goes. It will probably be a long road back to\nnormality and it won't be a matter of a short time, but this year we have a very good harvest that makes us very happy.\nvery good crop this year which makes us very happy, despite the circumstances. The\nworld consumption, as we have seen, has increased in recent years and is expected to continue to do so, in a normal situation.\nis expected to continue, in a normal situation. Let us be optimistic. It is true that\nwe may be experiencing lower prices now, and possibly for the coming season, than we have seen in recent years, but it was also\nthan we have seen in recent years, but this is also to be expected in large world harvests.\nworld harvests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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