Assorted tropical fruits including pineapple, dragon fruit, passion fruit, lychee, rambutan, and blackberries.

Crop Update

Week 1

Overview

This is Freshway’s Crop Update Report for Week 1 (December 29 – January 5 , 2025). It provides an overview of exotic fruit availability and growing conditions across Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Vietnam and Honduras. The report covers dragon fruit (white, yellow, red), longan and guava highlighting weather impacts, supply levels, and seasonal outlooks.

White Dragon Fruit

Existing week: Good supply levels with excellent quality are expected. Low rainfall is forecast for Ecuador’s coastal regions, with temperatures ranging from the mid-70s to the mid-80s.

Outlook: Good supply levels and quality are expected in Week 1. Volumes are forecast to decline in Week 2, showing recovery in Week 3.

A weather and supply quality report for Ecuador with four sections: weather showing a yellow sun icon and text about temperatures around 70 to 85 Fahrenheit; supply showing a green box with a recycling symbol and text indicating good supplies; quality with a white checkmark icon and text indicating excellent quality; and COO with the Ecuador flag. The background has a green theme with white text and icons.
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Yellow Dragon Fruit

Existing week: Excellent quality, good supplies. Scattered showers in the Ecuadorian Amazon region with temperatures ranging from mid 60's to mid 70's.

Outlook: Fair to good supply levels are anticipated for Week 1. Lower volumes are expected in Week 2, with a more significant reduction projected for Week 3.

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Red Dragon Fruit

Existing week: Limited supplies, good quality. Low rainfall is forecast for Ecuador’s coastal regions, with temperatures ranging from the mid-70s to the mid-80s.

Outlook: After lower volume availability in Week 1, supply levels are projected to improve substantially in Weeks 2 and 3.

A chart with four sections titled Weather, Supply, Quality, and COO. The Weather section has an icon of the sun and text about temperatures in Ecuador's coast area. The Supply section features a recycling icon with a box and arrows, with text indicating limited supplies. The Quality section has a gear icon with a checkmark and states "Good". The COO section displays the Ecuador national flag and states "Coast Area Ecuador."
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Longan

Existing week: Good Supplies and fair quality. Less amount of rains in the Mekong delta regions should help to improve quality.

Outlook: Inbound supply is projected to remain consistent throughout the month of January.

Weather report chart with sunny and rainy weather, supply and quality icons, and a Vietnam flag. The weather section shows continuous showers and sunny days, with temperatures in the mid 70s to high 90s. The supply icon indicates good quality, and the quality assessment is fair.
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Mexican Guava

Existing week: Good supplies with excellent quality. Favorable weather in growing regions in Michoacan, Mexico ranging from mid 50´s to mid 70´s with low rains probability throughout Week 1.

Outlook: Good supplies are projected to continue throughout Week 2 and Week 3 as well.

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