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“The first imported grapes have arrived on a booming European grape market. There is very little European produce available. Heat waves in Italy, Spain and especially Greece have caused a huge shortage of grapes in Europe,” said Corné van de Klundert of Origin Fruit Europe in an interview with FreshPlaza. According to the executive, the harvest was not expected to be very good due to the weather, which has resulted in a harvest of much fewer kilos per hectare due to the lower weight of the bunches. This makes the start of the season for this imported fruit totally different from last year, because despite Brazil having a normal calendar with the first arrivals, prices are sky-high. “They pay between 19 and 21 euros per kilo of packaged white grapes. This is normal in the Brazilian season, but in the case of European grapes it is extremely high. However, the price of red grapes is slightly lower, because here we have a lot of grapes in the country, and we have to pay a little more than the previous year.

With the change of weather in most regions, there is a slight decrease in the demand for strawberries, which are consumed mainly in the summer. in France, these berries are cheaper than usual, and in Germany - a smaller harvest due to bad weather. A decrease in harvest is also expected in Egypt. FreshPlaza writes about this in an overview of the world strawberry market. There are enough products on the market in the Netherlands to […]

The first overseas grapes have arrived on the heated European grape market. The harvest of the sunny berry in Europe turned out to be even lower than the rather modest forecasts, EastFruit reports.