The costs cloud what could have been the best fruit and vegetable campaign of the last decade in Spain

Fruits

Vegetables

Spain

Published Jul 21, 2022

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Coinciding with the rating that Asaja Almería attributed last week to the recently completed fruit and vegetable campaign, the Association of Organizations of Fruit and Vegetable Producers of Almería, Coexphal , defined it this morning as atypical, marked by a constant inflation of inputs that started Already in the previous season , "an abysmal rise in production costs never experienced before in our sector, which led us to demonstrate twice in Madrid", as pointed out by its manager, Luis Miguel Fernández, a transport strike that made it difficult for the free circulation and slowed down exports at specific timesand because of the war in Ukraine, which is creating a scenario of great uncertainty and affecting the market, since exports from non-EU countries that used to go to Russia are ending up in the European Union.

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Coinciding with the rating that Asaja Almería attributed last week to the recently completed fruit and vegetable campaign, the Association of Organizations of Fruit and Vegetable Producers of Almería, Coexphal, defined it this morning as atypical, marked by a constant inflation of inputs that started already in the previous season, "an abysmal rise in production costs never experienced before in our sector, which led us to demonstrate twice in Madrid", as pointed out by its manager, Luis Miguel Fernández, a transport strike that made it difficult for the free circulation and slowed down exports at specific times and due to the war in Ukraine, which is generating a scenario of great uncertainty and which affects the market, since exports from non-EU countries that previously went to Russia are ending up in the European Union. In summary, the data provided by Coexphal show a decrease in production that has also served to make average prices higher compared to the previous campaign, ...

Source: Diariodealmeria