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During the winter months, Almería is Europe’s leading supplier of aubergine. The largest markets for this product are France, Italy and Germany. As this is a relatively small market, prices […]
Mon 18/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Average citrus prices earned by Spanish farmers have fallen since the start of the season, especially for the Fino lemon. Average prices for oranges and tangerines have remained stable in […]
Wed 13/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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With China’s 2017-18 apple harvest almost over, production volumes are down, apple sales are poor, and imported sizes are mainly small. Forecasts for China’s apple production are for 44.5 million […]
Tue 12/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Lower production than previous campaigns combined with higher demand is driving up prices of most commercial varieties of Andalusian tomatoes in Weeks 46 and 47 of the campaign. Lower temperatures […]
Thu 07/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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2017 has been a bumper year for Thailand’s longan producers. In heavy demand in many world markets, this year’s crop is of higher quality than last year’s thanks to the […]
Tue 05/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Global avocado production is set to hit 5.8 million tons, up 3.4% from 2016, according to FAO reports. Increased worldwide demand is driving this growth for the fastest growing category […]
Mon 04/12/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Del Monte’s share dividends slumped in the third quarter on the back of oversupply of bananas. CEO Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh said. “The quarter was marked by one of the industry’s worst […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Spanish orange prices remained high throughout the 2016/17 campaign Starting in October 2016 at €0.57/kg, by August 2017 they were as high as €0.69/kg. Although average monthly prices across the […]
Thu 09/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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In contrast with other food products, the average price of fruit and vegetables in the EU fell during the year between August 2016 and August 2017. Vegetable prices fell by […]
Tue 07/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Average tomato prices across the EU were well above average throughout the entire 2017 season, starting at €1.44/kg in January (as opposed to the 5-year average price of €0.93) and […]
Tue 07/11/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
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Romania is the EU’s most inexpensive country for fruit, vegetables and potatoes and Sweden the most expensive. And generally speaking, fruit and vegetable prices are higher in Northern Europe and […]
Tue 20/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Europe’s kiwi growers have hopes for better prices this season with new estimates showing their 2016/17 kiwi volume is forecast to slip 5% on the previous season, to under 700,000 […]
Tue 13/12/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
