In contrast with other food products, the average price of fruit and vegetables in the EU fell during the year between August 2016 and August 2017.
Vegetable prices fell by 1.3% while fruit prices dropped by 0.3%. Spain (-13.1%) , Cyprus (-11.3%) and Belgium (-7.0%) saw the greatest reductions in average fruit prices, with Slovenia (+7.7%), Poland (+5.4%) and Latvia (+5.2%) seeing the greatest increases in prices over the 12 month period.
A similar pattern was recorded with vegetable prices, where Cyprus saw the greatest falls in average prices (-15.7%) and Latvia experiencing the greatest increase (+13.0%).
Source: eurofresh-distribution.com
