Cantalupo melons, price slaughter in Licata
At Licata it is melon drama. The typical product of the Agrigento area is going through a complicated phase due to selling prices that barely reach 0.30-0.40 €/kg, when - the seedling alone -

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 8 May
Sicilian production of harvested melons is now in full swing. The situation is still critical for tomatoes, with high prices for cherry tomatoes in particular. Strawberry prices are also on the

Dramatic" start for watermelon with prices down by 50%.
Translator The Coordinadora de Organizaciones Agrarias y Ganaderas, COAG, de Almería, requests the Agencia de Información y Control Agroalimentario (AICA) to open an urgent investigation related

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 2 May
The Spanish peach and nectarine campaign has begun. Increasing quantities of Sicilian melons. Italian production of green beans is struggling to take off. Demand for strawberries is slowing down,

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 24 April
The new campaign for Sicilian roasted melons has started. The harvest of Italian green beans has also started, as well as the new campaign for nespaws from Spain. Quantities are up for peas, but

Melons at 0.99: there is no limit to the worst
Seeing a melon sold at a retail price of 0.99 euro/kilo is, except in special situations, in itself something deplorable because it debases the product, seeing it at the beginning of April is

"There are already watermelons from Morocco and Senegal, but we know that importers are waiting for Almeria to start"
As already anticipated by the Government of Andalusia in its analysis of protected vegetable prices and markets of week 12, the growth in the horticultural supply in Central Europe has led to

"Whatever the market price, we will be even more competitive"
As the watermelon season approaches, producers in several North and West African countries are competing with simultaneous calendars to supply the European market. Mehdi Barbouchi, CEO of Freshe

Imports of melons to Poland at the end of Q2 2021
The volume of melons imported to Poland (CN category 080711 - 08071900 - Fresh melons (excluding watermelons)) amounted to 9.3 thousand tonnes in the first half of 2021, while its value reached

Watermelons still cheap on the Polish Market
This year's trading season for watermelons produced in Europe (mainly in the south of the continent, but later in the season also those from Hungary or Ukraine)  started at once

Imports of melons to Poland in 2020 based on GUS data
The volume of melons imported to Poland (CN category 080711 - 08071900 - Fresh melons (excluding watermelons)) amounted to 16.5 thousand tonnes in 2020, while its value reached PLN 60.1 million.

First melons on the Spanish market
April is the beginning of melons season. First fruits are already on the market. The earliest variety is Galia which is one of most popular in Europe. Galia is grown in Almeria. Good weather

Spain: First melons on the market
April is the beginning of melons season. First fruits are already on the market. The earliest variety is Galia which is one of most popular in Europe. Melons are grown in Almeria. Good weather

Stable market of melons
Importers say that demand for melons is quite good. This is why it can be said that the situation on the market of melons remain stable. Prices of melons of Galia variety have increased at 7%

Moscow: prices of melons
Last week in Moscow, experts noted and increase in the price of melons, both Russian and foreign production due to seasonal decline in supply of this fruit. As a consequence, prices of domestic

Moscow: prices of melons and watermelons
Last week in Moscow the price of melon varieties Torpedo from Uzbekistan increase from 45-50 rubles (1.15-1.28 euro) up to 62-68 rubles (1.59-1.74 euros) per kg. The experts noted that it was a