The arrival to the market of a larger volume of peppers has caused a slight decline in prices.
The price drop has been more noticeable for products like red Lamuyo peppers, with starting auction prices of one Euro and fifty cents and final sales at around one Euro and twenty cents. The green Lamuyo ranged between seventy eight cents and sixty cents per kilo. Italian green peppers stood at starting prices of sixty cents, with sales ending at around fifty cents per kilo. Bell peppers have also dropped in price; the green has ranged from fifty to thirty cents per kilo, the yellow has stood between one Euro and ten cents and one Euro per kilo, while the red stood at starting prices of one Euro and ten cents and closed the auctions at eighty cents per kilo.
When it comes to tomatoes, prices remain high, as there are still no large volumes available from Almeria or Morocco. On the vine tomatoes stand below seventy cents, while the pear variety stands at an average of ninety cents and the long-life ranges between ninety-five and seventy cents per kilo. Green beans remain stable, with similar prices as those recorded last week. The Strike is sold for between two Euro and one Euro and twenty cents, while the Helda had a starting price of one Euro and eighty cents and final sales at one Euro and twenty cents per kilo.
Long cucumbers still stand at prices of between fifty and thirty cents; the short black recorded an average of twenty cents and the French reaches an average of twenty cents per kilo. It is still early for Almeria's cucumber production, since most growers opt for later crops that will become productive in mid-November.
Aubergine prices remain at very low levels. The Striped has starting prices of thirty cents and final sales at twenty cents. Long aubergines start at twenty-four cents and close the auctions at fifteen cents per kilo. Meanwhile, courgettes have become more expensive compared to last week. The thick ranges between ninety-five and eighty cents per kilo, while the thin variety starts at one Euro and fifteen cents and closes at around eighty cents per kilo.
The current campaign is being marked by a general delay for crops such as tomatoes and cucumbers, whose production concentrates between November and February. The weather is also having a considerable impact, with near-summer temperatures during the day in October, even though they drop at night. Producers prefer to delay their crops with the intention of obtaining higher prices in the winter months.
