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The summer invites to eat healthier. At least that's what the numbers reflect, as

during the month of July the household consumption in Spain of fresh produce

increased by 11 percent, a total of 432.6 million kilos. With a decline in value of

12.3 percent, reaching 487.8 million euros. The increases in the consumption

has been of stone fruit, such as the peach with 47.6 million kilos (2 percent), apri-

cot with 8.2 million kilos (13) or plum with 17.2 ( 27). Also notable are increases

with watermelon 95.3 (17) and melon with 74.4 (34). With regard to vegetables

and potatoes, the volume also increased by 4.2 percent amounting to 329.6 mil-

lion kilos and the value decreased by 9.6 to 388.7 million euros. Tomato in-

creased from 65.6 million kilos in July 2008 to 70.3 in the same month of 2009.

In the period, August 2008 to July 2009, the consumption of fruit and vegetables

increased in volume but decreased in value, reaching 4.3 million tonnes and

5.814 million euros, according to the Spanish Federation of Associations of Pro-

ducers and Exporters Fruit, vegetables, flowers and live plants (FEPEX).

Weather

The sun is back but it has be-

en 3 weeks with a lot of hea-

vy rain. Such as Burriana in

Castellon, where this picture

was taken

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Avocado:

Few green skin available but in small

sizes.

Broccoli:

SLowly starting week 41 – 42 and to-

wards week 44 where there ought to be

larger quantities. Probably important to

beat in mind that with the latest extreme

weather there has not been plantet any

broccoli and with the 90 day growing cy-

clus there should be an important lack of

broccoli and incberg towards Christmas.

Capsicum:

Cheap Spanish capsicum but the quality is

not good. The wall are thin on the pepper

at this point and more delicate so they

tend to wrinkle after certain time.

Padron and Chilli available

Cauliflower:

starting week 45

Celeri:

starting mid November until April/ May

excellent Spanish celery

Clementines:

Small quantities of marisol are now avail-

able although nothing significant. Varieties

such as Clemenrubi is now in the market

but small sizes. The rain will benefit the

sizes of the fruit in a not too far future but

there is right now a delay in picking so few

kgs in the nearest days will be available.

Weather right is very good and that abrupt

change from 10 degrees and heavy rain to

25 degrees and sun is not healthy for the

fruit.

Corn:

Winter season has begun. 14x2 flow

Courgettes:

Good quality with film.

Cucumber:

The good green colour is beginning to

show. Bad weather has influenced and

right now there

not as many cucumbers as 1 week ago and

northern Europe is having less own pro-

duction so prices should be expected to

increase.

Egg plants:

Prices are going down, but actually not too

many Spanish available.

Figs:

Slowly starting week 42-43.

Grapes:

Due to the weather the quality is poor.

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Iceberg:

starting week 43-44

Kaki:

We advised that some growers had picked

from fields where the fruit were starting to

fall of the trees and that it would create

quality problems. This turned out to be true

and many either green or very soft kaki has

been marketed. Now the rain stopped so

fields can be treated so within a week we

expect to start with guaranteed healthy kaki

fruit. Valencia has been very affected so few

large sizes and probably high prices.

Lemon:

Only few is offering new crop of primofiori

and with the latest rain there is very few

available. Prices are relatively high com-

pared to Turkish but there are some prefer-

ences for primofiori and hence a demand

right now higher than the available offered

quantities. Prices in the field are right now

34 % higher than last year

Oranges:

The third week of October we can probably

expect the first navelinas in the markets.

However a harvest oup to 40% lesser than

last year is expected, and particulary in An-

dalucia. Valencia has a more regular crop.

Plums:

Still Angeleno of good quality from South-

ern Spain. Season length will depend of de-

mand, but as we see it now there will be

Spanish plums until November.

Pomegranade:

New crop of Mollar at reasonable prices.

Quality is excellent.

Rapsberries:

In the Valle del Jerte there are Glen Lyon,

Heritage and Rubi available until mid Octo-

ber. In what regards the production in

Huelva they will start to pick the varieties

Sugana and Hindotop and if the current

weather continues large quantities is to be

expected in 2 weeks.

Satsumas:

Heavy rain has delayed the harvest and next

week only few kgs will be available. What is

being loaded now was picked before rain

started, and bearing in mind that satsumas

are even more sensible to weather than

clementines then next week should be very

complicated.

Tomatoes:

There are still very few quantities of cherry

and trimix but a little more of plum cherry.

Still 2 weeks to go before the quantities are

normal.

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Total Produce Sourcing Spain S.A

Total Produce Sourcing Spain S.A,

Calle Caminas 3, bajo Izq, 46530 Puçol,

(Valencia)

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Tel: +34 961 95 84 17

Fax: + 34 961 95 80 40

Total Produce Sourcing Spain S.A, Avenida

Ricardo Soriano no 72,

Edificio Golden, Portal B,

29601 Marbella

Tel: +34 952 768 373

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Total Produce Sourcing Spain S.A,

Calle Fernando El Catolico 31,

Huelva

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