date:Mar 26, 2014
against 107 000 tons in 2013. Nevertheless, Europe should not be oversupplied as the US demand will be much higher than last year which will balance the volumes in Europe. Peru is the main source of avocados for Georges Helfer and they are looking at increasing the volume from there. This season they expect to import 140-150 containers from Peru and 120-130 from Kenya.
Georges Helfer supplies mostly the French and Swiss supermarkets with green/ripened/ready to eat and bagged avocados.