Banana: Performance was satisfactory. The average quay price remained comparatively stable in comparison with the position in April and was slightly higher than the 2002/2004 average. Nevertheless, after four months of deficit, cumulated arrivals from Africa and the West Indies returned to an average level with an increase in volumes from Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire. However, demand was healthy on both the domestic and export markets as supplies of dollar bananas were moderate. Avocado: In spite of very large shipments of 'Hass' from Peru after several months of under-supply, the much-feared 2005 scenario was not repeated. On the one hand, the green avocado market displayed a strong supply deficit (shipments from South Africa were short and Israel was absent from the market) with supplies concentrated on the markets in the northern part of the EU. On the other hand, shipments of South African and Peruvian 'Hass' were distributed in both northern and southern markets and especially in Spain whose season ended early. Volumes and prices rose by 10% and 4% respectively. Orange: Spanish production continued to exert intense pressure with the 'Valencia Late' season starting about a month late, gradually taking over from 'Navelate'. After being disappointing at the beginning of the month, sales were above average at the end. However, both production and import prices remained very low. Other origins remained very limited in this context. Grapefruit: Performance was mediocre with a nearly 30% deficit in market releases and prices 10% down on the three-year average. With the southern hemisphere origins not starting to ship, the market was seriously under-supplied with goods consisting of very mixed quality Mediterranean origin shipments and stocks. Sales were satisfactory-but without enthusiasm-for these limited quantities. Litchi: The Thai litchi marketing season continued in May on the main European Union markets. Shipments by air were gradually replaced by sea freight exce