date:Sep 26, 2021
e is smaller. This is causing a certain heaviness in the market. One particular type, the Borettana onion, is experiencing a 20% price drop compared to other years, as there is a lack of demand from the processing industry. Italian shallots are not being exported at the moment as the Netherlands, Belgium and France have had good harvests.
The chairman of the Consortium for the Protection of Margherita White Onion PGI says: The prolonged period without rain during the harvest has made possible t