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while 18 percent use a closed shed, 15 percent use either frozen storage facilities or a sealed<br />
warehouse, <strong>and</strong> 10 percent use chilled storage facilities.<br />
Chilled or frozen storage facilities are used by about 11 percent of the processors, though<br />
more often by large processors (25 percent) <strong>and</strong> mixed fruit <strong>and</strong> vegetable processors (25 percent).<br />
Chilled <strong>and</strong> frozen storage are also more common <strong>in</strong> the South (17 percent) than <strong>in</strong> the North (3<br />
percent).<br />
The average storage capacity of processors was 222 tons, rang<strong>in</strong>g from 42 tons among small<br />
processors to 427 tons among large processors.<br />
The vast majority of the storage facilities used by processors (97 percent) are owned by the<br />
processor, <strong>and</strong> a similar share (98 percent) are for exclusive use by that processor rather than be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
shared. Only 5 respondents <strong>in</strong>dicated that they shared storage facilities. The majority of processors<br />
(97 percent) were satisfied with the amount of storage space they had.<br />
The average storage quantity for processed produce was 36.3 tons, with a maximum of 57<br />
tons. The average quantity stored ranged between 75 tons for large processors down to 6.3 tons for<br />
small processors.<br />
Storage losses appear to be quite modest. Processors reported only a 0.51 percent loss <strong>in</strong><br />
quantity <strong>and</strong> a 1.5 percent loss <strong>in</strong> quality. The loss <strong>in</strong> quantity <strong>and</strong> quality did not vary substantially<br />
across processor size <strong>and</strong> type. The most common cause of loss <strong>in</strong> quantity <strong>in</strong> stored produce was<br />
humidity <strong>and</strong> rodents (36 <strong>and</strong> 33 percent of respondents respectively). The most common cause of<br />
loss <strong>in</strong> quality <strong>in</strong> stored produce was humidity <strong>and</strong> transport related problems (63 <strong>and</strong> 22 percent of<br />
respondents). As a result of the very low losses <strong>in</strong> storage, the majority of processors (77 percent of<br />
respondents) take no action to reduce storage losses (see Table 5-26).<br />
8.2 Market<strong>in</strong>g channels<br />
Processors can make sales of products through a number of different channels, both<br />
domestically <strong>and</strong> on the export market. Small processors sell primarily to supermarkets (79 percent),<br />
while medium-sized processors sell to supermarkets (38 percent) <strong>and</strong> exporters (37 percent). Large<br />
processors sell to exporters (32 percent) <strong>and</strong> export directly (44 percent). Overall, somewhat more<br />
than half of the sales of the fruit <strong>and</strong> vegetable processors surveyed were for export, either directly or<br />
through exporters. Southern processors <strong>and</strong> vegetable processors were more export oriented than<br />
others. Vegetable processors were more likely to export through an exporter, while fruit processors<br />
were more likely to export directly. This may reflect the larger size of the average fruit processors<br />
compared to vegetable processors. Products with the longest average transportation distance are juice<br />
(594 km) <strong>and</strong> died products (684 km).<br />
Around 58 percent (139) of the processors exported products, either directly or through<br />
sell<strong>in</strong>g to exporters or deal<strong>in</strong>g with licensed exporters or agents. Of the processors export<strong>in</strong>g<br />
products, less than a quarter (36) of the processors were <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> directly sell<strong>in</strong>g the products for<br />
Chapter 5 Fruit <strong>and</strong> Vegetable Processors Page 5-14