Table grapes from Chile dominate - Tomato sales influenced by weather

Chile dominated the market with Thompson Seedless, Crimson Seedless and Alphonse Lavallée grapes. South Africa mostly exported Crimson Seedless while India only contributed Thompson Seedless to the range. The quality of these batches decreased and sometimes left something to be desired. Nevertheless, for batches with a convincing quality the prices could be raised slightly. New in the range were the Early Sweet grapes from Israel and Egypt. The grapes were sour and small, so they hardly generated attention. The Italian Blackmagic and Victoria grapes arrived in Munich on Thursday, they immediately took their place in the higher price segment.

An increasing amount of goods arrived on the market, in particular, the offer of Belgian and the Dutch tomatoes increased. The low temperatures often decreased interest to the extent that sales left much to be desired in many cases. This caused a surplus. Price reductions could ease the situation. Although the offer of domestically grown tomatoes grew, the amounts were significantly more manageable. This caused the prices for this product to remain constant; it only fell marginally in various occasions. Italian vine tomatoes only reached the market in small amounts and therefore only sporadically increased the prices.

The European apples rapidly lost their position on the market, imports from overseas gained prominence. The overall diminished turnover caused almost unavoidable price reductions.

The usual low demand for this time of season could be met without difficulty, and there were no significant changes in the prices.

German strawberries clearly dominated the market. They arrived in large quantities this combined with a rather weak demand price reductions were inevitable.

Kiwis imported from New Zealand dominate the trade; and the supply keeps expanding. Italian, French and Greek kiwis only played a small role.

Only the Spanish Verna lemon was available. And supply that was not sufficient to meet the demand caused rising prices on all markets.

The increasing desire for summer fruit decreased the demand for bananas. Therefore traders kept the banana supply low.

Normally sales ought to be good at these temperatures, but the business was not thriving.

Iceberg lettuce dominated Germany. The high demands could rarely influence the price due to widespread availability.

Domestic cucumbers dominated the uneventful trade. The increased supplies gradually caused pressure on the sales.

The Dutch supply dominated the business. Due to a vast supply the prices of yellow and red peppers decreased considerably.

After the satisfactory sale on Pentecost weekend the interest almost abruptly dropped. The relatively cool temperatures were convenient, because they slowed the supply down.

Domestic grown onions are almost completely unavailable at the market. Extensive imports from New Zealand were able to fulfil the demand.

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BLE market newsletter week 22/2015 BLE Marktbericht KW 22/2015

BLE market newsletter week 22/2015 (Price Report) BLE Marktbericht KW 22/2015 (Preisbericht)