date:Jan 11, 2019
Pineapple importers arent remembering 2018 too fondly. Weve had bad prices before, but I cant remember the last time we had such a long period of bad prices, says Miguel Gonzalez of MG Fruit. There has been a slight recovery since the second week of December, prices went from 6/7 euro to 8 euro, but thats still not great, and it doesnt compensate for what was lost in the past months either.
According to the experienced importer, the cause is clear: Theres just too much production. Naturally fro