date:Sep 15, 2012
San Gabriel UK mainly deal in Mexican limes, and will only take the Brazilian fruit when there is none available from Mexico. The company grows 600 hectares in Martinez de la Torre in Mexico, and managed to escaped any serious damage from hurricane Isaac, which affected orange and grapefruit plantations in the country.
San Gabriel UK ships around 13 containers of limes to Rotterdam every week, 45-50% of that then is trucked to the UK mostly for pre-arranged programs with the supermarkets.
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