Argentina: Oregano, a good season but with some doubts
Oregano
Argentina
Published Mar 21, 2021
Tridge summary
With the first harvest completed in January and shortly after the second one began in April, the oregano sector poses a positive, albeit uncertain, outlook for this 2021. The price increase in the middle of last year, due to exports to Brazil, has allowed Today there is talk of a good value for the product, but a harvest with normal volumes is expected and there are doubts as to how the market will continue. Mendoza is the main producer in the country, with more than half of the national production.
Original content
The IDR numbers indicate that this season there were 1,103 hectares, more than 90% of them in San Carlos. Although the total for the province is lower than in the 2018-2019 season (1,169 hectares), references explain that this sector varies according to product prices. INTA data illustrate that the vast majority of producers are small and medium-sized: 80% of producers have up to 10 hectares while 15% have between 10 and 25 hectares, and there is 5% with larger surfaces. Regarding the area, it is an inverse relationship, since that 5% of large producers have 40% of the cultivated area. Aldo Donnantuoni, the main producer and marketer of the province, comments that in spring the weather was not very favorable due to the lack of water and also the consumption of oregano was reduced: “They closed many restaurants that included oregano, such as pizzerias and restaurants and factories closed of prepizza. They are industries that consume a lot of oregano, it is part of their inputs ". ...
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