Basil shipments come from Israel and Morocco, with lower quality from Morocco, but Italy dominates the European market during the summer. The Italian basil season was disrupted by a rainy sowing period in March and April, leading to destroyed seeds and the need for resowing. While there was initially high demand and prices in June, the plants did not develop well due to heat in July, resulting in limited basil supply in Europe.
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Although more expensive, basil shipments also come from Israel, as well as from Morocco, but the quality of the basil grown in the latter country is lower. This season of Italian basil, which dominates the European market during the summer, did not start properly, because the weather was very rainy during the sowing period in mid-March and early April, most of the seeds were destroyed in the soil, and the producers had to sow again. In June, at the beginning of the harvest, they were ...
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