Italy: Prices halved for vegetables and salads

In ten days, the prices of many varieties of salads and vegetables such as courgettes have almost halved. Tomatoes and peppers are held supported. The artichokes from Puglia and Sardinia arrived with good prices. On the fruit side, the mild autumn still allows the consumption of late peaches, the start of citrus fruits is struggling while the grapes see low prices for the standard product often under the euro while the new seedless varieties are sold well, reaching 2.50. euro the kg. There is market demand. Meanwhile, the first Italian kiwis are seen with the early variety. In Verona the courgettes drop from 2 to 1 euro in ten days At the Venetian market Andrea Bonizzi agronomist and quality and price list manager draws the map of market dynamics. “Prices are down, after a period with steady values vegetables and salads are starting to drop also because the demand is not high. In Verona, local productions overlap, although we are at the end, with the beginning of the southern ones ...