date:May 25, 2020
Argentinian lemons had arrived already in the port of Vlissingen, a stopover on the way to Saint Petersburg. While one trader has optimistic prospects for the coming season, the other is, in his own words, more realistic. The sustained high demand from the retail sector and, in the future, the reopening of the catering industry in the summer, with high prices paid for the fruit, contrasts with the fears of a lemon surplus from South Africa and Argentina. The prospect is that South Africa will e