"Belgium: "Not enough strawberries to go round"

According to Jackie Boussier, a fruit deliverer from Borgloon, Belgium, there is currently a large deficit in the strawberry market. "The demand for strawberries is very high. Especially from countries such as Belgium, Scandinavia, and in Belgium itself there is a lot of enthusiasm", says the trader. "With the colder weather in the last few weeks, there is very little production coming from the plastic tunnels. The glass season is over, so we have far too little volume to meet the demand."

"It is a difficult task to be able to supply all customers but we are doing everything possible to have enough strawberries," says Jackie. "The shortage of strawberries also has a positive impact on prices. They bring in twice as much as much in comparison to last year at the same time. Prices are now pretty high, around 4 to 4.50 per kilo." The fruit trader indicates that in Germany there is a large deficit. "But it is expected that by the end of the week there will be more supply."

Momenteel wordt mooier weer verwacht, maar of de volumes nu ook sneller toenemen? De handelaar hoopt van wel. "We leven van dag tot dag. Het is nu nog niet precies duidelijk wanneer er meer aantallen gaan komen, maar hopelijk snel, want nu is het soms hard zoeken."

Currently nicer weather is expected, but whether the volumes now will increase?, the trader hopes so. "We live from day to day. It is still not clear exactly when volumes will increase, but hopefully soon."

Voor meer informatie:
Jackie Boussier N.V.
Colenstraat 11a
3840 Borgloon - België
Tel: +32-12741991
www.belfrutex.be
[email protected]

For more information:

Jackie Boussier N.V.

Colenstraat 11a

3840 Borgloon - België

Tel: +32-12741991

www.belfrutex.be

[email protected]