Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as of 29 July

Published Jul 31, 2024

Tridge summary

As of July 29, 2024, the market trends for fruits and vegetables show peak demand for apricots, watermelons, melons, peaches, and nectarines, while table grapes have medium-low demand. Green beans are facing rising prices due to weather-related production gaps, and melons have a slight price drop despite increased availability. Peppers have a slight price increase, and tomato prices are generally declining except for sauce tomatoes. Plums maintain stable prices with good quality, and table grapes see slightly declining prices. Recent high temperatures and bad weather in June have impacted the quality and production of some produce.

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Original content

Peak demand for apricots, watermelons, melons, peaches and nectarines. Still medium-low for table grapes. All types of peppers are present, including chiocole, friggitelli and ox horn. The first European-style plums on the market. Thanks to the agreement with the Borsa Merci Telematica Italiana (Bmti) and Italmercati we are publishing the survey of fruit and vegetable prices at the wholesale markets as of 29 July 2024. Below is a summary of the main types of fruit and vegetables on the market. In the downloadable pdf you will find the details of the graphs and the findings on the main Italian markets: Milan, Bologna, Padua and Rome. High demand for apricots, driven by the good quality of the products. With all the late cultivars present at this moment, production has already reached the maximum level and is in a slightly declining phase, and this determines a not particularly high increase in prices. Very high level of demand, we are in the peak production phase, from now on we ...

Source: Fresh Point Magazine