Fewer Spanish fruit vegetables in December

Published 2022년 1월 18일

Tridge summary

Spanish agricultural auctions in Almería saw a decrease in the supply of tomatoes and peppers in December 2022, leading to a significant increase in their prices. Tomatoes were 18% less available and 42% more expensive, while peppers were 19% scarcer and 33% pricier. Cucumbers, despite a 9% lower supply, were the most expensive at 1.5 times the price of December 2021. Despite these changes, the supply of courgettes and eggplants remained relatively stable, resulting in substantial price increases of 2.5 times for courgettes and 36% for eggplants. Over the course of the entire growing season from September, the price fluctuations were no more than 7-8% compared to the previous season, with cucumbers experiencing the largest average price increase of 47%.

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Last December, Spanish auctions in Almería received 18% fewer tomatoes and 19% fewer peppers than in December 2021. Average clock prices for these products were 42% and 33% higher respectively. The prices came to 88 and 77 cents per kilo respectively. With an average price of 72 cents per kilo, cucumbers were even more than one and a half times as expensive. This while the supply was only 9% lower than in the last month of 2020. Courgettes made the biggest price jump. More than two and a half times as much was paid for it. The eggplant supply remained almost the same, only a few percent higher. Nevertheless, a price increase of 36% was also observed there. Smaller differences since September Over the entire Spanish growing season from September to now, ...

Source: Groenten & Fruit