Download Weekly Market Report Week 24 2014

DUBLIN WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT
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FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS
Weekly Market Report Week 24/2014
Friday 06/06/2014 to Thursday 12/06/2014
Vegetables: After a sluggish start to the week trading picked up and finished on a strong note.
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With vegetables in seasonal change over, supplies of brassicas on the market were
cosmopolitan with Irish produce supplemented by cauliflower from Germany and
France and cabbage from Spain, UK and Holland. Demand was steady at similar prices
to week 23.
Small volumes of new season Irish Swedes arrived on the market, and they traded at
€8.00 per count of 10. Old crop Irish and UK produce sold at €6.00/10 Kg.
Salad sales were good, and traders are expecting the trend to continue with improving
weather conditions. Irish butterhead lettuce traded at €5.00 per count of 12 and UK
iceberg at €6.50/12.
Aubergines
made further price gains,trading at €10.50 per 5 Kg compared €9.5 0 in week 23.
Good quality Irish and Dutch peppers moved out steadily, values of red eased slightly,
yellow increased marginally and green made more substantial gains.
The market price for Dutch round tomatoes increased to €7.50/6 Kg compared to €6.00
in week 23. Dutch cherry vine 10 x 300g also increased to trade at €11.00.
Potatoes: Quantities of new season Irish outdoor potatoes on the market increased, Home
Guard made up the bulk of the volumes on offer and traded at €9,.00-€10.00 per 10 Kg and
British Queens at €12.00/10 Kg.
 Italian Spunta traded at €6.50/12.5 Kg.
 U.K. Markies and Maris Piper traded at similar values to week 23.
Fruit: Better weather in the second half of the week was the catalyst for an upsurge in
trading activity.
 There was good demand for Brazilian limes, and they traded at €15.50 per 4.5 Kg.
Traders believe that in the run up to the World Cup in Brazil supplies of limes to Europe
will be limited due to additional domestic consumption because of the massive flow of
tourists to the country. With supplies of limes from Mexico also down due to heavy rains
and infection with a bacterium known as citrus greening prices are likely to remain
strong on European Wholesale Markets. Traders also believe that supplies of mangoes
from Brazil to Europe will be down for similar reasons.
 Demand for strawberries was good and traders are expecting sales to get a further
boost from improving weather conditions. The quality of Irish and Dutch strawberries
was excellent, Irish 8x454g sold at €19.00 and Dutch 8x500g at €20.50.
 South African and Spanish lemon volumes were low, but were adequate for a weak
demand. South African traded at €24.00 /15 Kg and Spanish at €20.50/ 15 Kg.
 South African Vermont Beauty and Packams Triumph pears met steady sales at
unchanged values.
Flowers After a couple of weeks of strong trading, sales slipped back to more moderate levels.
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Roses and Carnations were exceptions to the general trend and traded steadily at
unchanged prices.