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Prunes: prices are consolidating

September 10, 2020 at 12:09 PM , Der AUDITOR
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SACRAMENTO/SANTIAGO. Back in 2019, Californian prune production reached only 77,000 metric tonnes instead of the official forecast of 90,000-100,000 metric tonnes. This year...

... a further decline in production is expected. The harvest season 2020 is coming to an end and in the coming weeks it should be foreseeable whether the forecast of 68,000 metric tonnes made in June can be reached. Market players expect firmer prices and there will also be a 9.6% import duty for buyers from the EU market. This could have an impact on prices for prunes from Chile; already now a slight upward trend seems to be emerging. Chilean prunes, pitted, 30/40 are currently traded in the European spot market at a level of EUR 2.45 per kg FCA Spain, unpitte

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