World: Blueberry prices more than doubled

Due to significant bottlenecks, the supply situation on the global blueberry market is currently very tight. “Volumes in Peru are not available due to the massive crop losses caused by El Niño. To make matters worse, most of the available blueberries are shipped to the US, leaving only limited quantities exported to Europe. Compared to last year, Peruvian imports to Europe have in some cases fallen by less than half, meaning that prices have sometimes more than doubled," explains Christiaan Koellreuter, Managing Director of Nordgemüse Krogmann. Due to the lack of volumes, German retail is currently also forced to mainly offer smaller packages - 125 to 300 grams. Packages of more than 500 grams are currently hard to find. To make up for the shortage to some extent, the South African season will start relatively early this year. Products have even been flown in by plane to bring forward the season. "In the coming weeks, the presence of blueberries from South Africa will gradually ...