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Manchego melon and watermelon face the end of their campaign with profitable prices in European countries

Fresh Melon (Muskmelon)
Fresh Watermelon
Published Sep 20, 2022

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The Manchego melon and watermelon campaign is proving to be very profitable for its producers, according to the prices recorded since the beginning of the season, largely maintained by the high temperatures recorded in the European countries with customers: France, Germany, United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

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In the last stretch of the campaign (early October), the balance is "positive", especially for watermelon, which in 2021 registered a "disastrous" campaign, according to the president of the Interprofesional Hortofrutícola del Melón y la Sandía de Castilla-La Mancha, Cristóbal Jiménez, who corroborates prices at origin above production costs, despite the falls per kilo, both in melon and watermelon, in the last stages of the campaign, when there is "more stretch". According to the data handled by the entity, the watermelon has reached the commercialization of 95% of the production of this campaign and the melon moves between 80% and 85%. The quality of the piel de sapo melon is "very good", as is that of the watermelon -both black and striped-, and both have maintained their value on the shelves, as producers and marketers have confirmed in the last market (September 14 ). Specifically, the kilo of extra piel de sapo melon has ranged between 0.35 and 0.39 euros (four cents less), ...
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