Slight decrease in the average price of peppers in the first week of March. According to the Prices and Markets Observatory of the Junta de Andalucía, the yellow California pepper is facing the last weeks of its campaign with a moderate reduction in supply that favors an average price close to €1/kg.
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Most of the red California producers have waited for the product to turn red before harvesting, which entails a limitation of the available volume of green California pepper in the greenhouses of Almería. The size of the pepper is being another factor that affects the marketing of this product. Supermarkets mainly buy peppers packaged in 500-gram flowpacks, and at this stage of the campaign it is difficult to find medium sizes for this type of packaging. On the national scene, it should be noted that the Murcia pepper production will not exercise significant competition over that of Almería until April. In the European market, pepper production is scarce, due to the delay in the transplant date to avoid the use of artificial light in the greenhouses and reduce the electricity bill. Tomatoes Tomatoes far exceed the price of the two preceding campaigns in all commercial types analyzed, with the exception of the ribbed type. The vine tomato, the one that has shown the best price ...
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