The free fall of greenhouse vegetable prices in Belgium stopped, but bell pepper prices are still low
Vegetables
Belgium
Published May 11, 2022
Tridge summary
After two weeks of sharply falling greenhouse vegetable prices, the decline stopped last week, as witnessed by cautiously rising prices at the auctions of the Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives. Only the pepper prices are still lagging behind. In week 18, an average of just over 1.01 euros was paid for a kilo of red peppers. For yellow, the average price is just over 87 euro cents. Green peppers sold for just over 1.62 euros per kilo.
Original content
The prices for red and yellow (but also for orange, with an average price of 1.29 euros) are below the five-year averages. Also across the board, including greenery, the average price is not close to the five-year average. For cucumber and tomato, average prices fell below the five-year averages last week, but here the price has cautiously found its way back up. With a unit price of 27 euro cents and a little, the average price for week 18 was on the five-year average. For both loose and vine tomatoes, the average price for week 18 is very slightly above the five-year average and above the prices of the past two years. The volumes are still lower than in previous years. For truss tomatoes slightly less than 20% in week 18, for loose tomatoes more than 10%. The price per kilo for aubergines also rose slightly last week, as did for green courgettes. The prices of lettuce, which at first escaped the dance, but already fell sharply last week, lost again in price. For lettuce, the ...
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