date:Sep 25, 2012
national Monetary Fund data show. Demand tends to rebound during Northern Hemisphere fall and winter because of declining competition from locally grown fruit, helping to support prices, said Keenan of Fyffes.
Wet weather has considerably affected the plants, Ledesma of the exporters group said Sept. 5 by phone from the coastal city of Guayaquil. The excess of rain and the current cold climate keep the fruit from ripening and reaching the right grade.