Overall, only mandarins were available, because just small amounts of Moroccan clementine were available and only in Hamburg.
Mainly Fortuna and Nadorcott from Spain dominated the trade, and the first Orri from Spain completed the range.
Average prices of mandarins, source: BLE
Israel supplied Orri as usual, and Turkey supplied Nadorcott and Minneola. Supplies of Cyprus and Italy completed the range. Overall, the demand was quite low, despite the wintry weather.
Changes in the actual prices in %, source: BLE
Over the weekend the sales possibilities improved in several places. Nevertheless complete sales of the stock wasn’t always possible. Lowering of the prices didn’t always speed up the sales. The prices of the smaller products especially had to be dropped quite a lot to avoid surpluses.
Source: BLE
