Netherlands: Strawberry demand could not always keep up with growing supply

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Published Jun 2, 2023

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Domestic strawberries clearly dominated the markets. Dutch goods came second. Lots from Greece, Poland, Belgium, Italy, and Spain arrived only sporadically and were all of a merely supplementary nature. According to the BLE, deliveries from the domestic market, now from the open ground as well, increased. Demand could not always keep pace with this.

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Traders increased their prices on various occasions at the start of the week, but they were then often forced to successively lower their previous prices if they wanted to avoid larger surpluses. However, even with the discounts granted, stocks could not always be avoided. In Hamburg, goods came in from the west and south of Germany, some of which had already arrived on the market with conditional problems as a result of poor regional weather conditions during growth. These impaired the trade of regular goods. Cologne reported slight price increases at the beginning of the week, but these could not be maintained due to extended deliveries. ApplesDomestic batches from CA warehouses continued to dominate, with Italian playing the largest role behind them. Deliveries from France and the Netherlands still held some market share. Availability of European batches slowly declined in line with seasonal levels. Nevertheless, demand could generally be met without effort. PearsSouth African ...

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