Netherlands: Cucumber price shoots up at start of import season

The steep fall in tomato prices slowed last week. The VBT average prices come out at over 1.08 euros for 1 kg of loose tomatoes and just under 1.40 euros for vine tomatoes. With that, prices are still above average and are also higher than in recent years in early November. The same goes for cucumber and pepper. Prices of tomatoes, top: loose, bottom: vine. Even for the cucumber price in week 44 at the Federation of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives, prices are above the five-year average. What's hot? The average price jumped up to 75.7 euro cents each. A very high price for the time of year, when although the lights are back on for some growers, most of the cucumbers still come from southern Europe and North Africa. Last year, a high VBT price level for cucumbers was also achieved, but then only at the end of November. The previous years could not match this price spike at all. Cucumber prices The average price for peppers, if we lump all colors together, is also above the ...