Fruit and vegetable suppliers in Portugal suffer from increased production costs
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Vegetables
Carlota Lancastre
Published Oct 20, 2021
The costs of fruits and vegetable production in Portugal are being affected by the following 3 things:
- Increases in Carton Box: increased twice since January 2021 - Electricity: Portugal is ranking number 8 in higher Electricity costs In EU and this year increased 3% in July and 3% in October - Fuel prices: Portugal had registered 36 increases in the last 43 weeks, and in total, the gasoline price is almost 20% higher than in January 2020.
Fruits and Vegetable Suppliers have asked the government for support because all these price spikes will lead to non-competitive prices in the export market.
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