Netherlands: Christmas peak strawberry, Christmas dip tomato

Published 2023년 1월 5일

Tridge summary

The article reports on the dynamic of agricultural commodity prices in Flanders during the week leading up to Christmas and the subsequent weeks, focusing on vine tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage lettuce, lamb's lettuce, multicolor lettuce, and strawberries. It highlights a drop in vine tomato prices post-Christmas, but they remain below the five-year average. Loose tomato prices have been on a slow rise, approaching the average. Cucumber prices saw a peak and a subsequent drop, still surpassing the average. Cabbage lettuce prices increased, slightly surpassing the previous year's winter prices. Multicolor lettuce prices were higher than usual around Christmas, while lamb's lettuce prices remained below the average. Strawberry prices peaked at Christmas and dropped more rapidly post-Christmas compared to the previous year. These price trends are based on data from the Flemish Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

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Original content

In week 51, the week leading up to Christmas, the average price for vine tomatoes dropped. After Christmas, the average price has risen again. However, the price at the VBT auctions is still below the five-year average. This also applies to loose tomatoes, although the price here has been on the rise for several weeks and the price is less far from the five-year average. A look at the volumes supplied shows that those for vine tomatoes in week 51 were considerably higher than in 2021. In week 51, an average kilo price of 2.01 was achieved. This year it was 89 euro cents. In week 52 the supply is a lot lower, but also lower than in the same week last year. The supply of loose tomatoes has more than halved in two weeks. The average price for cucumbers reached an absolute peak in week 50 with a unit price of 85.9 euro cents. In the past two weeks, the price has dropped to 67.4 euro cents in week 52. This means that the average price is still well above the five-year average. Contrary ...

Source: AGF