Italy: Melons shoot up, strawberries keep a high trend

Published 2023년 6월 6일

Tridge summary

The article provides an overview of the current market situation for various fruits and vegetables in Italy, as of June 2023, highlighting the impact of adverse weather conditions and production challenges. It points out that bad weather has hindered the production of watermelons, peaches, and nectarines, while apricots are available but costly. Watermelon prices remain stable, albeit high, with demand being affected by poor consumption climate. Cherries see a slight price increase due to low availability of the Italian product. Green beans experience a slight decrease in price, despite high demand, with imported beans keeping prices high for the Italian product. Strawberries continue to command high prices due to good quality and reduced production. Eggplants are expensive due to high demand and production delays. Melon prices have surged due to high quality and demand. Tomato prices are stable, despite quantitative issues and delays in production. Courgette prices are down but still high compared to last year, due to higher production costs.
Disclaimer:The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

According to Bmti surveys, the markets are still strongly conditioned by the anomalous bad weather. Watermelons, peaches and nectarines do not take off. Apricots, the Italian ones are arriving. There are no particular variations in the price of apricots. There is wide availability for the product imported from Spain, which however does not yet have an optimal quality level. Italian apricots enter the scene with a high price range due to lower product availability due to bad weather. The result was also influenced by the absence of the Emilian countryside, devastated by the floods. Watermelons, handbrake on Stable prices for watermelons, which remain at a slightly lower level than at the beginning of the 2022 campaign. Not only Sicilian product entering the markets, but also Lazio. Demand is not favored by the climate, which is still not ideal for consumption, characterized by cold night temperatures and rain. Furthermore, anomalous climatic conditions slow down the increase in the ...
Source: Terraevita

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