Spain: The price of strawberries in the first weeks of the campaign is somewhat lower than in previous years

Although there are still no specific statistics, the report on the start of the strawberry campaign of the Observatory of Prices and Markets of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has advanced that the prices at origin of strawberries in the last weeks of this 2022 they are somewhat lower than those of 2021, in the same period. The strawberry campaign in the province of Huelva begins at the end of November with very low fruit sales volumes, still. It is during the Christmas period when the fruit on the market begins to be more representative. Until then, there are hardly any trading companies that have started to work, so there is little data on prices at origin and in stores. In addition, producers through the interprofessional Interfresa promote the consumption of red fruits in general, especially at the end of the year. They are fruits that can well replace the traditional grapes to celebrate the New Year's Eve chimes. The official report from ...