The Swedish market has been currently undergoing a shift to European sources of supply to prepare to supply a variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus. The market is switching over towards South America for avocados.
Wholesale importer and distributor of wholesale imports and distributors in Sweden, Ewerman AB noted in a recent update that although Spanish melons are being almost gone, they do have an increased supply of juicy melons in Brazil in the next week and prices are expected to drop. “Spanish melons of water originate from Bollo are gone for the season. Spanish Piel de Sapo made from Bollo remains accessible for loading, but in lesser quantities.”
Citrus
As Sweden began to ease into autumn with the intention of winter in mind and blood oranges, the fruit from Australia are available for purchase along with their expectation to begin exporting the first clementines of Spanish Bollo (900g) in the week 44. The variety will be Oronulesand Orogrande ahead of their introduction by introducing Clemenules.
The company expects to see a solid market for smaller and larger size of oranges. “We are planning to launch with Spanish oranges by the week 44. We’ll continue with Nadorcott in South Africa for a few days more, and the taste of these fruits is incredible. The lemons will continue to be imported that come from South Africa for about two additional months. We’ve begun to ship into Spanish this week, of the Primofiori type. In the week of Week 42 we anticipate to have the Primofiori variety in operation with more quantities and cheaper costs. The Spanish Satsumas season is now at its peak and we can find good quantities with attractive prices.”
The Swedish apples varieties Cox Orange and Ingrid Marie have been added to the selection to coincide with the time of year. Apple Golden from Daily Greens, Granny and Gala are available.
Table grapes are still very popular in Sweden and Ewerman believes that the availability of white grapes is scarce, and prices are rising. “Unfortunately there is a decline in the quality and this will cause problems in the coming 6-7 weeks. The supply is better from red wines. Excellent quality, however the prices are likely to rise in the coming weeks.”
In the case of vegetables, originates from various nations. Avocado has limited supply. “In the next three or four weeks, we’ll also witness high prices until Colombia as well as the Dominican Republic get started. The first loading begins the week of 41-42, and will be completed by the week of 44-45.”
In the case of tomatoes, they are seeing declining production across the northern part of Europe that is increasing the demand for imports. The production of winter tomatoes in Morocco as well as Spain can be a bit sluggish because of the high temperatures of these regions the summer. The producers are able to see an excellent quality of peppers coming from Spain.
The following assortments of pumpkins can be ordered now: Atlantic (Gigant), Baby Bear, Chameleon, Spaghetti mix, Patisson, Sombra, Hokkaido and Acorn (Acorn). Eggplants as well as Zucchini things are from the Netherlands are available for a period of two to three months. Meanwhile they’ve begun the process of importing zucchini and eggplant from Spain.
Asparagus is beginning to drop in value, with an increase in supply from Peru. Swedish potatoes are being sold out. The first Spanish Iceberg lettuce is expected to be available this weekend. We are seeing a drop in prices for the pepper market in the meantime as the Spanish season begins to get into full swing. It’s Spanish not filmed cucumbers along with the initial Spanish recorded Daily Greens cucumber in return is expected to arrive in Sweden on the weekend. The Kindagurka is in high quantities. The first Spanish Romaine lettuce will be available on Monday. They’ll also be bringing to Sweden next week though in smaller amounts.
This year Sweden was experiencing the biggest rise in the cost of food and inflation since the beginning of time. It was the very high prices for vegetables costs that drove the largest prices for food in Sweden in the last the past 72 years as also led to the biggest increase in inflation for 30 years up to 12 during February. Many Swedish people struggling to cover essentials. Statistics Sweden reported the inflation rate, CPI, was 7.5 per cent in August 2023 as compared to the exact same month in the year before. This is down from the month of July, when the level was 9.3 percent. This was primarily because of lower electricity costs. Prices across Sweden have been 36.8 percent less.
The Swedish Competition authorities are abuzz conducting ongoing investigation into the market prices for retail to see the extent to which prices are high and retailers are also under tension.
More information is available here:
EWERMAN AB
Tel: +46 42 490 11 00
www.ewerman.se
Source: The Plantations International Agroforestry Group of Companies