Agronometrics in Charts: Blackberry prices soar above previous years

This week we will look at the blackberry market in the U.S. and see how prices have behaved during 2021, specifically the prices and volumes of the fruit from Mexico who is the main supplier of the fruit to the North American market now that California’s season just ended.

In past articles, we talked about the fact that blackberry prices were in free fall, which happened between weeks 30 and 34 of this year. As shown in the graph below, from week 35 a gradual increase began until week 38, then fell again in week 39 and continued its climb until week 44.

We can see in the following graph that the average prices of conventional blackberries in the U.S. market in week 44 were around $US 7.64 per kilogram, a 33 percent increase year on year. Prices of blackberries from Mexico and other Central American countries are currently being recorded.

This increase in blackberry prices may be due to the decrease in volume coming from Mexico in comparison to last year, even though California volumes were higher and can be seen in the two graphs below.

This is happening at a time when the blackberry season in Central California is ending, and the season with the highest volume from Mexico begins. We will have to see what happens with Mexico’s production, the climatic factors and the impact of volumes on future prices.

Finally, we want to show you, using a new tool on the www.agronometrics.com platform, that blackberries from Mexico are transported to the U.S. market almost entirely by truck, and to a very small extent by plane.

Source: USDA Market News via Agronometrics.
(Agronometrics users can view this chart with live updates here)

Written by: Cristian Crespo F.
Original published in FreshFruitPortal.com on November 03, 2021 (Link)