The export of vegetables is going well for exporter Weiss. "We can't complain," says Jonathan Vandesande. "The demand for tomatoes and cucumbers is high and the prices are good too. If this remains this way all season, growers couldn't complain. The tomato prices vary from 1 Euro to 1.40 per kilo, which is very high. You have to wonder what it would be like if Russia was on the market. The prices would be astronomical."
In mid August a share of the tomatoes was taken out of the market through intervention. "Now no product is being taken out, but partially because the production was very low last week, the prices have started to rise. The weather is sunnier this week, so the volumes will increase again."Open ground vegetables
Jonathan says that the demand for open ground vegetables is also quite high. "This is due to the heavy rainfall in Germany. A lot of products couldn't be harvested, such as lettuce, fennel, spinach, broccoli. The prices of these vegetable aren't extremely high, but we notice that there is more demand."
Price formation not low
He indicates that Russia was a small buyer for their company. " We haven't noticed much of the boycott yet. There is nothing going to Russia now, but the price formation isn't extremely low. You can't change much about it. It could become more difficult for some exporters on the long term. Of course companies have to take into account that things like this can happen. This isn't the first time this has happened with Russia. It takes a certain flexibility for exporters to play into this."
For more information:
Jonathan Vandesande
J. Weiss bvba
Kempenarestraat 52
B-2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver
Tel.: +32 15 55 20 11
Fax: +32 15 55 30 02
www.weiss.be
For more information:
Jonathan Vandesande
J. Weiss bvba
Kempenarestraat 52
B-2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver
Tel.: +32 15 55 20 11
Fax: +32 15 55 30 02
www.weiss.be