Italy: Lots of Spanish fruit, melons, and watermelons at 50 cents

Published 2023년 5월 23일

Tridge summary

Despite severe flooding in Romagna, Italy, the market remains operational with a slowdown in product handling. The disaster has caused significant damage to local roads and a closure of a cooperative until September, but there is no disruption in the arrival of goods from the south. Prices for melons and watermelons are low, while vegetables like courgettes are increasing in price. The demand for strawberries continues, with both local and southern varieties available. Kiwi prices are rising as the local supply nears exhaustion, awaiting imports from New Zealand and Chile. The market is experiencing a shortage of Italian peaches and is dealing with high prices for fennel and a lack of quality Peruvian mangoes.

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Original content

The flood does not stop the markets where everything moves and is exchanged, but in the areas most affected by the bad weather such as Romagna it is difficult to sell due to the disastrous state of the local roads, the closure of greengrocers but also of the Cesena Coop with all employees on layoffs until September when it will reopen. In this context, peaches and cherries are mainly Spanish, the demand for melons and watermelons is increasing but prices are at their lowest: around 0.50 euros per kilo. Some vegetables such as courgettes are on the rise, which in the smallest calibers even exceed 2 euros. Tomatoes are still supported, kiwis are changing the hemisphere, products are expected from New Zealand and Chile. The goods are arriving in Cesena, difficult to sell with shops overwhelmed by mud Not a single day was lost at the Cesena market, despite the flooded city. “We were lucky”, confirms Pino Castrogiovanni, president of Fedagro Cesena, who details the situation: “The main ...

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