Italy: Vegetables down, peppers and tomatoes up

Published Feb 28, 2023

Tridge summary

The article provides an overview of the vegetable and fruit market in Florence and other regions like Cagliari, Sardinia, and Bologna, highlighting first-hand insights from market leaders Aurelio Baccini and Vincenzo Pisano. It discusses the dynamics of various produce prices, including a decrease in aubergines and courgettes, stable avocado prices, and increases in peppers, out-of-season fruits, and exotic fruits like mangoes, passion fruit, and papayas. Additionally, it notes the impact of inflation and production costs on prices and the preference for Peruvian asparagus over local products. The article also mentions the availability and pricing of strawberries, lemons, oranges, and clementines, with regions like Sardinia offering unique, high-priced products.

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Aubergines and courgettes go down, peppers remain high and also some varieties of tomatoes. Prices and quotations for some vegetables remain high, but these are out-of-season products and above all in a context of inflation and rising production costs. For vine tomatoes, the prices are well above 2 euros, the cherry tomato in many markets above 4 euros. In Florence vegetables down, peppers dear, strawberries in abundance and Peruvian asparagus At the Florence market, the market dynamics are described on myfruit.it by Aurelio Baccini, president of Fedagro Firenze and national vice president of the federation. “Vegetable prices are going down and will go down again. The peppers remain high. We have had a lively two weeks but the sales situation indicates flat calm“. Let's see the references starting with seasonal fruit: “Italian clementines have been replaced by Spanish ones with prices above 2 euros which do not encourage sales. On oranges there is a wide range with product around ...

Source: Myfruit