date:Dec 12, 2018
d the price should drop. For producers, a good price at origin should never fall below 65 cents per kilo. Last year, the campaign started with an average of 68 cents per kilo, the same price with which the 2017 season came to a close. In May of 2018, however, the last batches barely reached 0.58 Euro. This 15% drop was due to competition from countries such as Peru and Egypt.
While growers are afraid of competing countries, especially in terms of prices (rather than in terms of quality), the fe