date:Mar 13, 2014
dding. That's led to what Lapin estimates could be a drop in production from last year to at least half. While he noted that Chile shipped about 20 million boxes of kiwis last year, the damage from this season's freeze could reduce shipments for the season to as little as 10 million boxes. With prices already high for the season, importers will have to offer strong prices when Chilean fruit starts arriving in about a month.
It's important to sway Chilean shippers to send their fruit this way, s