Italy: Lettuces, courgettes and peaches up, melons down

Published 2023년 9월 5일

Tridge summary

The text highlights the changing availability and prices of various fruits and vegetables. Watermelons are becoming less available and their quality is decreasing due to lower temperatures. Prickly pears are still in low demand, resulting in relatively high prices. Lettuce is limited in quantity, leading to higher prices, and the same trend is observed with melons as demand shifts to autumn products. Peaches and nectarines show good demand with rising prices, while peppers have high prices due to decreased production in Sicily. Tomatoes are generally stable in price, except for certain varieties that have lower availability. Plums are seeing a change in variety, and zucchini prices are rising due to lower availability. Overall, the text provides a snapshot of the current market trends for various fruits and vegetables.
Disclaimer:The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

According to Bmti surveys, the change of season is starting to take shape in fruit and vegetables too. Watermelons are also down, after a summer at high altitude. Watermelons, availability running out. The regular sale of watermelons continues at substantially stable prices, despite availability running out. Quality is also gradually decreasing, thanks to the arrival of lower temperatures and bad weather in northern Italy, together with the shift in consumption towards other products of the period. Overall, the year was marked by a high price level in the face of sustained demand, concentrated in the hottest summer months. Prickly pears, demand does not take off. The Sicilian prickly pear campaign is underway. Prices tend to decline as quantities increase, while demand is not yet good. However, the quantities collected are still low and of medium-small caliber. This explains the relatively high prices compared to the average. Fennel, prices in line with the values of a year ago. ...
Source: Terraevita

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