Walnuts: Prices of organic nuts will persist high
October 5, 2017 at 9:24 AM ,
Starry Night Ltd.
BULGARIA. The current sentiments among the biggest market players are for prices of conventional walnuts to start falling down towards the middle of October as more market players enter the market, releasing their produce. However, organic walnuts are forecasted to maintain a steep price since quantities are not huge while domestic and foreign demands are already building momentum.
Walnuts: A factory under an opened sky
What a sight it must be to enter an orchard of about 100 ha, walking along the rows of trees, noticing only a few dangling walnuts here and there as if harvest had already ended. No, harvest has not even begun in this orchard and will not ever begin this year. Unexpected frosts during the blossoming period of the trees “harvested” the walnut severely. In some orchards, such an outcome repeats itself three years in a row.
Mainly, in the orchards between central South and Southeast of the country, the fallen frosts in a row, combined with heavy winds later in the year, uncompromisingly damaged the nut. Walnut orchards within these regions got the hardest hit by unfavorable weather conditions.
On the other hand, farmers within the general North regions, and those whose orchards are closer to the coast of the Black sea are already recording a bumper output.
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Organic walnuts, Bulgaria |
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Type |
EUR/kg |
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light amber (mix) |
8.20 |
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in shell |
4.10 |
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EXW Bulgaria |
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Walnuts, Bulgaria |
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Type |
EUR/kg |
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light kernels (mix) |
7.68 |
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light halves |
8.25 |
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light quarters |
7.30 |
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light brokens |
6.30 |
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amber kernels (mix) |
6.20 |
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amber halves |
6.20 |
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amber quarters |
6.20 |
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amber brokens |
6.20 |
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in shell |
2.05 |
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EXW Bulgaria |
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