ROME - "Excellent quality / price ratio and increased demand for summer fruit with the arrival of the heat": this is the photograph taken by Unioncamere, Italmercati and the Italian telematic commodity exchange (BMTI) as part of the collaboration on the "Shopping Exchange" of today. The analysis, in addition to signaling an increase in the typical production of the product, records for the "apricots an improvement in the quality of the product with the Apulian, Campania and Basilicata production with prices ranging from 2.00 euro / kg to 2.50 euro / Kg ".
An increase in production of good quality is also indicated for peaches and nectarines, with prices ranging respectively from € 1.50 / kg to € 1.80 / kg and from € 1.50 / kg to € 1.90 / Kg. Cherries are judged to be "excellent, but - slight analysts say - show slight price increases, with fluctuations ranging from € 4.50 to € 5.00 / kg, as they are late and mountain".
The year for watermelons and melons was also considered "good, with prices in the normal range compared to the average for the period ranging from 0.45 to 0.75 euro / kg for watermelons and from 0.60 to 1.00 euro / kg for melons ". "Good quality with an average level of demand and falling prices for vegetables", due to the "typical increase in production during this period". Finally, it is reported that "the demand is oriented above all on summer products that can be eaten raw, such as tomatoes (from 0.70 to 1.00 euro / kg), fresh onions (from 1.70 to 2.00 euro / kg) , cucumbers (from 0.60 to 1.00 euro / kg) but also zucchini (from 0.70 to 0.90 euro / kg) ".
