Pre-season frozen raspberry market in the EU: Prices, demand, market forecasts for 2023

Published 2023년 6월 13일

Tridge summary

The article provides an analysis of the fluctuating prices in the European Union's frozen raspberry market, highlighting the significant decrease seen in the first half of 2023. The current situation shows prices stabilizing, with Moroccan raspberries playing a key role in setting market rates. The article also discusses the dynamics of raspberry market prices, which are influenced by factors such as demand, alternative ingredients, and production yields. It notes that the current global economic climate, especially the early signs of a recession, could extend periods of low raspberry prices. Furthermore, the anticipation of new crop arrivals and the effect on demand for broken berries are also discussed.

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Original content

At the beginning of 2023, EastFruit analysts put in the title of the article a question that worried all participants in the berry market, both fresh and frozen: “Will the free fall in prices in the EU frozen raspberry market stop”? It is now almost the middle of June 2023, but we cannot yet unequivocally answer this question in the affirmative. But we can say that the fall in prices, at least, "suspended". And the market, i.e. and farmers, and freezers, and traders - all froze in anticipation of the arrival of the first batches of raw materials of the new crop on the European market in order to form prices for it. Recall that at the beginning of 2023, Poland lowered its price for whole frozen raspberries to 2.8-2.9 euros / kg. At the same time, exporters of frozen raspberries from Morocco began to enter the market with offers of 2.5-2.6 euros / kg. By the way, read more about the very rapid expansion of Morocco in this market in our analytical review "Morocco is catching up with ...

Source: Eastfruit