Price Volatility for Avocados

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  • Created on: 14-11-20 13:00
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  • Price Volatility of Avocados
    • Producers
      • Mexico is the biggest producer, producing around 45% of the global supply of avocados (1,889 thousand tons)
      • followed by Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, Indonesia ect
    • Increasing Production
      • from 2011-2017, the area of avocado plantations increased by 57.6% due to rising demand
        • increased supply as a result of rising demand
    • Changes in price
      • 2017
        • rising prices due to surging global demand and reduced harvest
          • W in PINTSWC
      • 2018
        • price drop as growers planted more trees - increased supply
          • shift in supply curve
    • 2017 price change
      • massive increase in demand increased price in the short term - supply shortages and scarcity
        • July 2017 peak - 60.76 Mexican pesos per kg
      • lower price by august due to a better harvest increasing supply
        • technology of disease resistance crops (T in PINTSWC)
      • price in November at 32.33, closer to what it was at the start of the year (26)
    • Changes of Equilibrium prices
      • ^demand, ^e price ^e quantity
      • decreased demand, lower e price, lower e quantity
      • ^supply, lower e price, ^e quantity
      • supply decreases, ^e price, lower e quantity

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