In just a few weeks, exports of Italian grapes could come to an end. This is because supply is very low and operators prefer to place their goods on the domestic market first, where prices are still favourable.
"In order to prolong the sale of grapes for a few more weeks, we are limiting the quantities going out. In 2023, about 10 pallets a day went to the Baltic and Scandinavian countries, now it is only 4-5. Prices were (and still are) high, with average peaks of +30% compared to the previous year, with quotations never falling below a certain level during the harvest and sales months, but it has been a nervous and volatile season on the trading front," says Claudio D'Alba, CEO of the Plantis Group, an Apulian company specialising in the export of fruit and vegetables.
If the marketing of grapes is in its final stages, the vegetable sector is still waiting for the end of the season for some European countries, such as Germany and Switzerland, in order to make way for Italian crops grown in various areas.
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"We believe that we will peak in the first ten days of November at the earliest. At that point we will be more competitive and more in demand. Sales of parsley, dill, chard, chicory, radishes, fennel, radicchio and carrots are currently at higher average prices than in previous years, but this will soon be followed by a physiological drop in prices. Outside Italy, however, we have yet to see any real enthusiasm. In addition, we are still waiting for the arrival of more autumnal temperatures. Soon we will return to citrus fruits, especially clementines, a typical product of the Apulian subregion known as Arco Ionico Tarantino."
For more information:
Plantis Group
Piazza Ebalia 1
74123 Taranto - Italy
Tel.: +39 99 4521842
[email protected]
www.plantis.it