The pineapple sector faces many challenges this new year due to market conditions. Despite these conditions, we had a great success in 2018 in Europe and in other markets with our special, ready to eat, high-value fruit; as well as the other fruit presentations that we offer.
Next year's business challenges have been well supported by our respectable clientele because of the service and our premium product we provide. We have worked to supply each and every one of our multiple destinations with a quality product in a consistent manner, and will continue to work hard in our production, packaging, innovation, logistics, and marketing areas to serve our customers in 2019.
Our product portfolio continues to be attractive and opens up new business opportunities. This, thanks to our commitment and serious work to satisfy retailers, processors, wholesale markets, and fruit consumers by supplying them with a high-quality ready to eat product, both by air and sea.
We continue to offer a product that complies with and has the most demanding regulations and certifications in the market, which we maintain with great effort and dedication so that our brands are recognized for the quality of their production and packaging processes, as well as for their environmental sustainability, and the social commitment we have with each and every one of our collaborators.
Tropicales del Valle continues to stand out in the most demanding markets, despite the difficulties expected in 2019. We hope to serve you in 2019 and to consolidate our position in the different markets we serve.