Wholesale small fruits: Portuguese, Moroccan, and Italian raspberry

The Italian raspberry resists but on the counters of Italian agri-food centers today the small fruits are mainly of foreign origin. More and more Portugal, but there is also product from Morocco and even Italy for raspberries. More and more Peru for blueberries, more and more Mexico and Spain for blackberries, while the preserved red currants are of Italian origin as well as strawberries. This is the overview of the production areas in the Italian wholesale markets. Wild strawberries are also quoted in Florence. On raspberries Portugal dominates These are the market prices expressed in euro per kilo for a product sold in trays: Bergamo (Portugal 14/16 euro), Bologna (Portugal 21/23), Florence (Italy 12/15; Morocco 14/15), Genoa (Portugal 15/16), Milan (Portugal 14/16), Naples (15/17), Parma (Italy 16.50 / 20), Piacenza (Italy 16/17), Reggio Emilia (Portugal 15.50 / 16), Rome (Portugal 14/16), Turin (Portugal 12/14), Treviso (Italy 16.80 / 17.50), Verona (Portugal 11/13 euro / kg). ...