The German association of vegetable producers, Deutschen Bauerverbandes, expects a good 2013. Most vegetables seem to have higher prices, also apples, because of the fall in production in the large European countries. Germany is increasing its exports to Europe due to apple supply problems in the Netherlands, France and Italy. Potatoes and onions are also responding positively to the reduction in the areas designated for those crops.
The German association of vegetable producers, Deutschen Bauernverbandes (DBV), has predicted that 2013 will be an optimal year for German vegetable and potato producers after a 2012, "full of crisis due to the impact of EHEC during 2011."
The DBV notes that vegetable prices in the German market have been at the same pace as inflation since late 2012 and "should remain the same during the first months of 2013," pointed out the DBV in a statement.
The vegetable markets in particular, white cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, celery and cabbage, seem nice. The group notes that carrots have a lower stock of demand, although this situation "will stabilize soon."
Even in onions a normal market development is expected. For apple suppliers, the beginning of the marketing 2012/2013 campaign is proving positive, with price increases because of the lack of supply. Apple production in Germany was below the 900,000 tons.
In fact, German apple exports are increasing, is due to service problems "that producers from France, Holland and Italy are having," stated the DBV.
The potato also draws an upward trend in prices. Germany has 238,000 productive hectares, eight per cent less compared to the previous year. This reduction will facilitate trade and agile price inflation for this product. The potato production in Germany was more than 10 million tons during last year.
Source: fyh