Netherlands: High amount of supply and low price of melon while stone fruit market shows the opposite line

Tholen - Every year stands on its own in the fruit trade, notes the Hague fruit trader Michel van den Berg of De Best AGF. "Last year we had a sale that was unparalleled because everyone was on holiday at home, this year everyone is leaving and it is a lot quieter. The weather is of course not cooperating. If you have steady summer weather, then you also have a lot in the Netherlands. tourists you can serve. The weather is a merchant, it always has been." "The melon supply from Spain has been dramatically high in recent weeks. With the warm weather, the melons almost sprayed out of the ground, while the consumption here left a lot to be desired due to the lack of sunny weather. Prices are therefore unbelievably low and that across the board, from Galia to Cantaloupe, Piel-de-Sapo and yellow melons, we have not experienced such a dramatic market situation in years," says Michel. The opposite is the case with stone fruit. "Nectarines and peaches are hardly available. The supply is ...