AUSSIE JUST LOVE CALIFORNIA GRAPES
The perishable forwarders are presently having a great time filling up every available aircraft ex LAX going to the land of wunda, the land down under, Aussie, with tons of sweet, ripe Northern Californian grapes. Qantas has a thirty plus container backlog and general freight is being pushed aside to make way for grapes and yes you’re right, more grapes. I note New Zealand is not a consignee. All those tree hugging greenies down there have probably influenced the government enough that only organically grown fresh fruits, not genetically modified, can be imported into that country.
It is amazing, unlike ocean, how a hundred tons or so of freight can make the difference between excess capacity and backlogs. In these tough times, it would stand to reason that an expensive imported out of season luxury, like table grapes, would meet with buyer resistance. Maybe Aussie isn’t in recession after all! In the meantime our regular freight has to play second fiddle to higher yielding perishables as those Aussies munch on Californian grapes between their vegemite sandwiches!
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