The presence of the dominant German and complementary Dutch and Belgian cucumber offerings continued to shrink on the German market. According to the BLE, the tense supply shortage due to shorter days and production losses due to illness intensified. In Berlin, advertising campaigns by food retailers also reduced availability on the market. The high-cost prices are encouraging buyers to locally order Spanish produce ahead of time. Demand was correspondingly favourable due to the summer temperatures, and prices continued to rise, in some cases quite sharply.
As there was a subsequent reduction in accommodation options in some places, some distributors lowered their prices again. However, the reductions were usually short-lived: Prices generally climbed again towards the weekend. The prices of mini cucumbers also rose as usual: The batches came from the Netherlands and Germany and were quite popular with customers. Only Berlin reported constant requests.
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Pears
Overall, a rather limited supply was available, based on Italian Santa Maria and Carmen as well as Turkish Santa Maria. Domestic Williams Christ as well as Belgian and Dutch Conference had a complementary character.
Table grapes
Italian deliveries predominated with numerous varieties. In addition to Victoria and Michele Palieri, Italia also gained in importance. Interest could not always keep pace with the increased availability. As a result, ratings tended to fall from time to time.
Peaches/nectarines
The end of the season slowly came into view: Deliveries from Italy and Spain decreased and were suspended on some markets on some days. Inflows from France and Greece also decreased. The quality of the offerings was sometimes no longer convincing.
Plums
Domestic offerings dominated the scene: the range was quite broad thanks to numerous varieties: At the top were Cacaks Schöne, Presenta and Hauszwetschge. Ortenauer gained in importance, while Elena was a new addition to the range.
Lemons
The Spanish Verna season was almost over and availability was noticeably reduced. South African competitors were able to capitalise on this: Eureka became more expensive, in some cases massively so. Customers in Berlin, for example, had to pay up to EUR 33 per 15 kg carton.
Bananas
The supply was adequately adapted to the accommodation options. Demand was not particularly strong. Prices often remained constant. Only in Cologne did imports from Colombia become cheaper.
Cauliflowers
Domestic offers dominated the market. Deliveries from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland only appeared sporadically and did not go beyond a supplementary character. In some places, domestic batches had a monopoly. Availability had increased somewhat.
Salads
German products predominated, with Dutch and Spanish iceberg lettuces and Belgian and Dutch lettuces. The coloured salads came exclusively from Germany. The supply increased, and this meant that the not unfriendly demand could be satisfied without any effort.
Tomatoes
Belgian and Dutch deliveries predominated. Italy and Poland also took part in the trading, but only in small quantities. Domestic fruit completed the scene. Overall, availability had expanded somewhat. Nevertheless, prices often trended upwards, one reason for this being higher incoming demands.
Sweet peppers
Dutch offers unarguably predominated. Poland, like Belgium, supplied all three colours, but was cheaper than the competition from the Benelux countries. Only very few quantities arrived from Spain. German batches were scarce and expensive.
Source: BLE