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At a time when we are looking at international movements, with closed borders, companies with telecommuting and alarming news in some areas, we have to calculate the exports we have had so far and where we want to go. It is true that the internal consumption of fruits and nectars has decreased, which is also probably due to the lack of knowledge of the final consumer of the product, as it does not know how to difference, or cannot in some cases, if the product is fruit juice or juice made from concentrate or nectar. The demand does not vary in terms of the most successful ones, which are orange, pineapple and peach, and the apple and tomato are two products on the rise.

Even so, the average consumption of juices and nectars in Spain, exceeds the average in Europe, only behind Central European countries, above all, where awareness of the recommended consumption of fresh fruit is more developed. The benefits of this to obtain antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, water or fiber are widely known; that is, to achieve a healthy and balanced diet, but it is in countries such as China, Brazil and all of Europe, where more than half of world production is consumed.

On the other hand, Spain leads exports nowadays. We are the ones who best take advantage of crops in the Mediterranean and even in the north hemisphere, with more production and more sales than any other market. The great competitions are found in Morocco, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, the United States and China. Countries like Japan and North Africa will probably have a growth in their foreign shipments.

Our production processes are high, but the European consumer requests a higher quality, so that our fresh product, with great variety and a strategic geographical situation, favors us. The Netherlands, on the other hand, which makes a large number of imports, are mostly for re-export, which offers us another great advantage for mobilization in Europe.

Citrus fruits are our star products, being the sixth largest producer in the world, despite the great competences that do not stop appearing in fruits such as oranges, lemons and mandarins. The mandarin is sold almost all from China, but we will see how it is affected by the latest events.

Mainly, there should not be major changes for our exports, as the destinations of national products are to Germany, France and United Kingdom, having as one of the main competitors, Italy, with a poor export forecast.

It is time to offer output to countries such as Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and other countries in northern Europe, taking advantage of the space left by China and Italy.

The INCOTERMS (International Commercial Terms) determine the responsibility of the different parties regarding the delivery conditions, assumption of risks of each party, distribution of expenses, customs procedures, transport and insurance, so that it can be guaranteed between customer and supplier the most optimal conditions for both in which these exchanges of goods take place. They deal with rights and obligations in the contract of sale, delivery of goods and international and national contracts, but not the consequences of possible breaches or property rights.

The terms can be grouped into groups, so that group C, group D and group F are formed, as follows: Group C (indirect delivery, transport payment), which is divided into CFR (cost and freight), CPT (carriage paid to) and CIP (carriage and insurance paid) and CIF (cost, insurance and freight); Group D (direct delivery on arrival), developed in DAT (delivered at terminal, more information below), DAP (delivered at terminal) and DDP (delivered duty paid); and finally, Group F (direct delivery, the buyer does not pay for transport), being FCA (free carrier), FAS (free alongside ship) and FOB (free on board), and one more, the EXW (ex Works)

They are prepared by a drafting group, mostly of European representation, although this time has also members from China and Australia, to make a total of 150 members, who form the International Chamber of Commerce, which is the organization that publishes them since 1930.

Since 1980, at the beginning of each decade, changes and improvements to INCOTERMS have been compiled, so that commercial terms, both international and national, are interpreted.

The new changes of INCOTERMS 2020, will be changed possible in 2029.

Among them is the creation of DPU (delivered at place unloaded), which replaces the already mentioned DAT. The obligations and functions do not change, only the name, to clarify that it can be downloaded at any point in the country of destination, not only in a terminal or transport stores.

Differences in transport insurance are also differentiated, between CIP and CIF, in which in CIP the seller is obliged to contract transport insurance in favor of the buyer with wide coverage and in CIF the seller is obliged to contract insurance with coverage minimum

INCOTERMS 2020 also includes requirements related to transport safety, obligations and costs, dealing more precisely with responsibility in the transport security from the country of origin to the destination and customs clearance procedures (export / transit / import).

Similarly, they include agreements for transport with their own means, explaining more precisely which of the two parties is responsible for making customs clearance, assuming risks and costs.

Among the changes, there is the structure of the obligations, which are broken down between the seller (A1 General Obligations, A2 Delivery, A3 Transfer of risks, A4 Transport, A5 Insurance, A6 Delivery or transport document, A7 Import / export clearance, A8 Packaging , packaging and marking, A9 Cost distribution and A10 Notices) and buyer (B1 General obligations, B2 Receipt, B3 Transfer of risks, B4 Transport, B5 Insurance, B6 Proof of delivery or transport, B7 Import / export clearance, B8 Packaging, packaging and marking, B9 Cost distribution and B10 Notices).

Finally, new figures are introduced to facilitate the understanding and use of the rules, with a simple language, more explanatory content, greater breakdown in the distribution of costs, relationship between incoterms and international trade contracts, as well as comparative obligations between the 11 incoterms.

The increase in the global temperature affects to the world fields

In our sector, adapt to the climate change is one of our challenge every day. The forecast according to the records in rain, temperature and other climate events, does foresee an increase in almost 3 degrees, with longer and sooner summer and every year. This restlessness is common, and makes essential adjust the varieties of all the fruits according to the incoming or future alerts, to develop more quality and adaptability. GAP, from the private sector is engaged and makes enterprises to face these changes, putting in value the projects I+D+I+I which adapt to the fight against climate changes.

International initiatives, such as the Wineries for Climate Protection certificate, designed for the grape world at the end of 2015, are great supporters of the fight against climate change. For this reason, multidisciplinary teams investigate the extent to which they can provide greater climatic resistance to crops, in addition to extrapolating these studies to other sections of agriculture.

Limiting the scope of climate change also encounters obstacles such as cultural, financial and legal, so that it will be the farmers themselves who adapt to the areas of greatest warming, study their origins, parents and descendants; its adaptation to drought, sensitivity to pests and resistance to seasons with low temperatures. In this way, those that best adapt to these new conditions and new trends will be detected.

Those crops that do not adapt to these 3 degrees of heating will no longer be suitable for exploitation, resulting in losses. If they adapt to this new situation, they will have less harm in their crops. It is not the most reliable measure, because if warming continues, the relief of varieties will be less and less immune, increasing losses, so the solution should be to fight against climate change before struggling to adapt crops, a solution that is valid right now, but that, over time, efficiency is reduced.

The importance of improving irrigation systems, product collection, packaging, transportation, etc. Sectors in which GAP is firmly aware, always seeking to improve the quality of the product and following the reorganizations where the varieties grow with less effectiveness

The Chinese Government extends the New Year´s holidays until February 3, to prevent further infections due to the coronavirus. The festivities should finish end of January 30.

The Government of China has confirmed the dates to return the dates to return:

February 9: Shanghai and Suzhou

February 3: Rest of the country