Alistair Young
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28 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Jul
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I'd just like to apologise for the object that fell onto the microphone yesterday.
It was deeply unprofessional and people worried about me but it's okay because I had several more
There's a considerable room for growth in all of those Asian markets because of the uptake of good old avocados by the wider populations there.
Over the last 15 years there's been a massive amount of new plantings in Australia and we have seen a bit of a change there this year is that the demand actually kept up with their new supply and the value and the
uptake in the market increased greater than we expected.
The FTA will help.
The biggest problem we have is where we live, New Zealand, and how far away it is from countries and markets like India.
Avocados are a very perishable product.
It's a long voyage in a ship from here to India.
So currently we're using aircraft and the removal of tariffs assist us with being more competitive in that marketplace in the future.
Like last year, for example, the African supply to India became very short and India switched to New Zealand and was comfortable to pay the air freight pricing.
But in order to get good growth in the markets with consumers keen to buy, you need to have an economic price.
There's a considerable room for growth.
in all of those Asian markets because of the uptake of good old avocados by the wider populations there.
Australia is shrinking because of their own production.
Over the last 15 years, there's been a massive amount of new plantings in Australia, and
We have seen a bit of a change there this year is that the demand actually kept up with their new supply and the value and the uptake in the market increased greater than we expected.
So Australia is not done for us.
The FCA will help.
The biggest problem we have is where we live, New Zealand, and how far away it is from countries and markets like India.
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