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AVOCADO OVERVIEW

🥑SUPPLY UPDATE

In a nutshell the national production figures for last week were as follows:

· Week 20, 2024 - The industry saw a 34.28% increase on the previous week’s harvest with a total of 529,201 tray equivalents harvested and transported (approx 150,000 more tray equivalents) on Week 19, 2024 production. The national harvest included Hass variety supplying 475,321 tray equivalents along with 25,301 Shepard tray equivalents together with 28,579 trays of assorted other varieties in this week’s reported figures. Whilst the total harvest is significantly up on the week prior there are approximately 140K of this which are either bulks/processing fruit and another 65K that were exported, leaving a balance of some 325K tray equivalents for the Australian domestic market.

Production across the country as would be expected sees North QLD (mainly Hass) accounting for 57.91% of the total production volume this week, Central Queensland accounting for a further 41.55% (Shepard and hass), then trickles from Southen Queensland with hass supply accounting for 0.34%, Central NSW with 0.13% and finally Sunshine Coast for 0.06%.

· It is forecast that a total of some 558,000 tray equivalents will be despatched this week (Week 21) nationally. This figure can be broken down by variety with the Hass to contribute approximately 507,000 of this total whilst the Shepard variety expected to represent some 9,000 tray equivalents of this total. The focus now is really upon the popular Hass varietal. As you will see by the below market pricing guidelines sales for premium Hass are range $20 to $24 per trays, with main sales of $22/tray as per last week. Class one Hass trays are $12-$14 and bulks vary between $5 to $25 depending upon quality and size.

In terms of Avocado retail in the major supermarkets in Qld we saw shelf prices as follows - Aldi Hass this week with shelf tickets at $1.19 each; Coles Qld had Hass avocados ticketed at $1.30ea, and Woolworths with Purpleskin Hass also at $1.50ea and GMAX avos at $2.50ea.

RETAIL SNAPSHOTS OF AVOCADOS

Below: Coles Displays from Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

Coles stores had Hass on display in size 20-23 at $1.30ea.
5 piece packs at $6.00ea and 1kg packs at $5.50ea.
Organic avos at $2.00ea.

Below: Aldi Displays from Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

The Strand and Purpleskin Hass @ $1.19 each all Ct23.
1kg Avocado nets on special at $4.99ea and 5 piece packs priced at $5.49ea. 3 piece GMAX packs at $5.79ea.

Below: Woolworths Displays from Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

Hass avos in Ct20-25 primarily from Purpleskins were retailing at $1.50ea. Greenskin GMAX avos on display this week for $2.50ea.
Odd Bunch 1kg packs at $5.00ea and 5 piece packs at $5.50ea.

BANANA OVERVIEW

🍌SUPPLY UPDATE

The industry transport figures have been a little late in their release, we will update these once we have them. The weather patterns for the last week in the far north have seen early A.M. temperatures have ranged 13.1 - 21.3 C across all major growing regions and day time temperatures have remained warmer ranging 22.0 - 27.5 C. There has been a slight decrease in terms of rainfall across the regions of Mareeba and Walkamin with falls of 0mm - 2.6mm; and a slight decrease also in the level of rain falls across Innisfail and Tully regions of 30.4mm - 42.6mm throughout the week.

Retail ticket pricing in Queensland for cavendish bananas this week was as follows: Aldi’s banana ticket price at $3.99/kg; Woolies offered fruit at a ticket price of $4.00/kg; and Coles were offering fruit at $4.00/kg in the stores visited. Banana quality in stores still varied with the main defects being still minor neck damage, sooty/blotchy mould and minor skin marking. Stores continue to have signage with regards to these defects being indicative of the growing conditions across the country.

RETAIL SNAPSHOT OF BANANAS

Below: Coles Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

Cavendish were priced at $4.00/kg and Kids packs were at $4.00ea.
Lady Fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red Tips at $5.50/kg.
Organic at $6.00/kg.

Below: Aldi Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

Stores had Cavendish @ $3.99/kg.

Havana Bananas @ $4.99/kg this week.

Below: Woolworths Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney and Carindale

Woolworths had Cavendish bananas priced at $4.00/kg, Lil Sana kids banded clusters at $2.50.
Lady fingers were priced at $5.90/kg, Red tips were back at $5.50/kg and Organic Clusters at $6.00/kg.