The fig season in Elche is already underway, with a somewhat lower than average production due to an overall reduction in the calibers because of the heat and drought.
"We are confident that we will have a good fig season that will help us forget the difficulties we had with the pomegranate campaign and the short breva fig season in June due to a 50% lower production caused by poor flowering," says Susi Bonet, from the Cambayas sales department.
"The fig production will be greater than that of the breva figs, although volumes will be around 10% lower than last year's due to a greater predominance of small sizes," she says. "We are the first to have figs in Spain. The productions of other growing areas in Extremadura and Lleida, as well as in other Mediterranean producing countries, such as Turkey, will hit the market later. We will have figs available until the end of August."
Cambayas sells half of its figs on the domestic market, mainly to supermarket chains, and 20% in wholesale markets. As far as exports are concerned, the main destinations are France and the Netherlands, among others, because figs "cannot resist very long journeys," says Susi Bonet.
For more information:
Susi Bonet
CAMBAYAS COOP.V
Tel.: +34 966637588
[email protected]
www.cambayas.com