Price of cucumber and eggplant in Easter week in Belgium

Tholen - Clock prices for cucumbers and aubergines, among other things, shot up last week at the auctions affiliated to the Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives (VBT). Also halfway through this week, prices are high for the time of year. The rising prices are the result of extra demand due to Easter sales on the one hand, but also lower volumes, especially from Spain, and also a colder week last week, which has slowed production somewhat, the sales department of the BelOrta auction announced this morning, in the middle of another busy sales morning. In week 14, an average price of just under 74 euro cents was achieved for cucumbers. An average price that is well above the prices usually realized in week 14. The five-year VBT average for cucumbers in week 14 is just under 20 euro cents. VBT figures for cucumbers up to and including week 14. The prices for 2022 are far above those of 2020, 2021 and the five-year average. This week, prices of up to 90 euro cents to 1 ...