Lemons

We analyse the CSO data for the whole year 2020 and the production of frozen vegetables and fruit and vegetable juices as well as vegetable pickles. In this period, we can see a decrease in the production sector of juices, frozen vegetables and especially frozen fruits in relation to 2019. Only in the category of vegetable pickles the CSO recorded a year-on-year increase in production. read more

Citrus growers' and exporters' hopes that the second wave of the pandemic would bring a repeat of demand and prices for lemons from last spring have proved to be dashed. Demand for this fruit (and other citrus) remains good, but not so good as to repeat the price increases as occurred in late winter and spring last year. read more