Netherlands: Cucumber prices shoot up at the start of the import season

The sharp drop in tomato prices slowed down last week. The VBT average prices are over 1.08 euros for 1 kilo of loose tomatoes and just under 1.40 for vine tomatoes. This means that prices are still above average and prices are also higher than in recent years at the beginning of November. This also applies to cucumber and pepper. The cucumber price is also above the five-year average in week 44 at the Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives. What's called. The average price shot up to 75.7 euro cents per piece. A very high price for the time of year, when some growers' lights are on again, but the majority of the cucumbers still come from Southern Europe and North Africa. Such a high VBT price level for cucumbers was also achieved last year, but only at the end of November. In previous years, the price could not match this price peak at all. The average price for peppers, if we lump all colors together, is also above the five-year average. Last week the price of green ...