The demand for Italian carrots has peaked over the past two weeks due to the deficit caused by the weather in various areas in Northern Europe.
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Claudio D'Alba, CEO of Plantis Group, an Apulian company that exports fruit and vegetables, stresses that demand from Baltic and Scandinavian countries is early and concerns interesting volumes.
"Carrot exports have been lively already during the first half of April, compared with last year. Demand is high due to the weather, which has compromised many crops. We have just finished the volumes from Sicily, and now it is the turn of the Veneto. The hectares have remained more or less the same, though orders have doubled from both markets and supermarkets: we are talking about at least 4 articulated trucks a week. Of course, prices have also increased by around 20%."
While the carrot campaign could continue until at least early July, the asparagus season risks ending within the first week of June.
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"Unfortunately, the situation has not improved over the past month. The rain and fluctuating temperatures have compromised the local production. Our growers report a drop in yields that reaches peaks of -70% with respect to last year, so quotations are skyrocketing. Of course this does not help the foreign market, which did not seem worried at first as supplies were guaranteed by the produce from overseas and that from Spain. Now that the foreign produce is also lacking, they are becoming more aware of the Italian deficit."
For more information:
Plantis Group
Piazza Ebalia 1
74123 Taranto - Italy
Tel.: +39 99 4521842
Email: [email protected]
www.plantis.it