During week 4 (20 to 26 January) Spanish peppers registered much lower modal prices in the German markets than those produced in Turkey, especially in Hamburg, but also in Cologne or Frankfurt, according to data provided by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
Modal prices correspond to the average of the most frequent prices registered between Monday and Friday at the above-mentioned markets.
Turkish peppers, despite all the problems that the country is going through due to excesses in pesticide residues, reached a modal price 33.51% higher than that of the Spanish produce (2.43 Euro/kilo for Turkish peppers; 1.82 Euro/kilo for Spanish peppers).
The difference is even greater in the case of aubergines, with the Turkish produce reaching up to 68.68% higher prices in Cologne compared to those imported from Spain.
In the case of tomatoes, the vine variety from the Netherlands was the one widely surpassing the Spanish produce in terms of prices. In Frankfurt, for example, Dutch tomatoes were up to 45.45% more expensive than the latter.
