Banana: Market performance was disappointing, forming a break with the excellent results achieved in January and February. The monthly price was slightly lower than average in spite of a serious deficit in the cumulated shipments from the West Indies and Africa and still restrained arrivals of dollar bananas. Demand was slowed by cold weather during the first two-thirds of the month and seems to have been smaller than usual. Furthermore, the dollar bananas available in limited quantities but at competitive prices played a destabilising role. Avocado: The under-supply of the 'Hass' market became more marked with the early dwindling of Mediterranean production which has been short this season. This conjunctural feature continued to be very favourable for Mexico, which chalked up a new record in particular thanks to Easter promotion operations in supermarket chains at the end of the month. The green market was very satisfactory in this context. Supply consisted mainly of the last Israeli exports and remained small because of the late starting of the harvest in Kenya. Orange: The deterioration noted in February gained momentum in March. The market was soon over-supplied as a result of the large 'Navelate' crop in Spain and somewhat slow demand in spite of the cold weather. In this context, the market shares of the other suppliers-especially Morocco-shrank considerably. Grapefruit: Overall performance was very disappointing. The average monthly price was slightly below the three-year average while the supply shortage worsened, reaching nearly 50%. The market for Mediterranean grapefruit was very difficult and practically monopolised by a plethora of Turkish fruits whose quality was sometimes uneven. In this context, it was difficult for fruits of other origins to gain a position, with the exception of produce from Florida with an assurance of good quality. Easy peelers: Performance was very varied. The comparatively slow demand typical of the season was very selective an