The fruit and vegetable company GRUVENTA has valued as "enormously difficult and complicated" and "very hard commercially speaking" the first part of the citrus season this season, both for producers and for exporting companies.
GRUVENTA sources have indicated that "the campaign has been very fierce commercially speaking, with a commercial competence on the part of third countries in the European market, and a high offer and a little agile demand, although with an extraordinary quality in the fruit".
"The strike of the yellow vests in France has also had a negative influence on the marketing of citrus fruits in this first part of the campaign, although the expectations for the second one, starting in January, are very encouraging", says the company's sources.
In addition, from GRUVENTA point out that "other competing countries enter the European market without any tariff and very low production costs, so the Spanish citrus sector has to make a reduction in production costs and be more competitive in the markets international, to deal with the productions of South Africa, Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia, etc. ".
GRUVENTA sells more than 35,000 tons, works with more than 25 fruit and vegetable products, which it distributes to a dozen large international chains internationally.
Source: Agencias