Almería, Spain: Pepper and tomato prices rise due to the drop in production

(R.P.) The last week of January, marked by the cold wave, has caused a significant drop in production. Prices, as expected, have risen at a general level in all products, although they have been more important in peppers and tomatoes. It is also due to the completion of many plantations, while the demand is maintained in the markets. The supply of peppers has increased, but the prices rise, especially in the California types. The red is sold between one euro and eighty-one euro and sixty, the yellow goes up to two euros and twenty cents and has auctions of two euros, and the green has an average cut of ninety euro cents per kilo. The earliest planting areas are already finishing the California type harvest and soon the crops will be removed to start the spring transplant cycle. The red lamuyo pepper also rises and registers cuts ranging from one euro thirty to one euro ten cents, while the green ranges between one euro fifteen and ninety euro cents per kilo. The green Italian ...