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The article provides an overview of the melon market in Italy, drawing on data from BMTI and Italmercati. It highlights the impact of the lockdown on melon demand and prices, with a slight recovery after its end. The quality of melons varied throughout the summer, with lower supply and higher prices in August due to hail damage. Smooth melons also saw high prices during the lockdown, but averaged out afterwards. Yellow winter melon prices remained steady, largely sourced from South America. Despite minor fluctuations, Italy's melon production has hovered around 500,000 tons, with significant losses in 2019 due to adverse weather. Sicily is the leading melon-producing region, contributing to one-third of the total, followed by Lombardy and Puglia. The article also notes the correlation between national production and import levels.
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How did the melon price campaign go in Italy, which is the most suitable region in Italy and how important is import and export for our productions? With the data collected and processed by BMTI and Italmercati we discover the trends of the main varieties of melon sold in Italy. The start of the netted melon campaign was affected by the last stages of the lockdown, which from a distribution point of view determined a good level of demand, also thanks to the good quality of the Sicilian and North African product. From the second half of June, the campaign had regular trends, up to an increase in August in part due to the reduction in supply caused by the damage caused by hail. The quality level of the product in the summer period was average, with better quality batches and others worse. The smooth melon campaign began, as always, with a certain delay compared to that of the netting. Prices for this type of product were also high during the lockdown period and then stabilized at ...
Source: Fresh Point Magazine
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