(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A feature of the present season of orange export was the shipment of oranges to Germany and France in appreciable quantities, according to the Commercial Bulletin of the Department of Customs, Excise and Trade. While in 1926 no oranges were exported to Germany and only 170 cases to France, the export for the past year included 19,719 cases to Germany and 2,465 to France.
An increase in the number of cases was also shown in the shipments to other countries of export. During 1926 173,835 cases were shipped to the United Kingdom. During 1927 the number was 235,748. Five thousand cases were shipped to Italy and 70 to Roumania during the past year. In 1926 no shipments were made to these two countries. Egypt received 37,287 cases in 1927 as compared with 32,303 in the previous year. The shipments to Syria fell off entirely during the past year. In 1926 678 cases were shipped.
The Jaffa orange export season started early in October. The English markets were overflooded with fruit lacking in color, some also showing waste. Prices therefore dropped. Orange exporters have since taken steps to regulate shipments in order to avoid considerable loss to the trade and as a result the demand for Jaffas’ and prices have improved.
The South African orange season finishes early in November and oranges from this source do not compete with the Jaffa orange which enters the British market in October. The Empire oranges which continue to arrive on the market, together with the Jaffa oranges are the Jamaica fruit, the last shipment of which reached Avonmouth towards the end of November.
Spanish oranges continue to be the strongest competitor of the Jaffa fruit. Shipments form the Valencia district continue heavy, 906,317 half cases being imported into British ports up to the end of November. Shipments during December show an increase over the preceding month; but it is reported that packing has been interrupted for a while in the Ribera district owing to spells of rain and hail. The Ribera district supplies a large part of the early Spanish oranges.
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