prices
Stories tagged “prices”
Mexico's tequila glut sends agave prices crashing
A planting boom meant to fix a 2022 shortage has matured all at once, pushing agave prices to a fraction of their peak and certified tequila output down 24% since then.
Italy's olive oil prices halve as Europe's harvest grows
Extra virgin prices in Italy have fallen by roughly half in a year as record stocks pile up and a bigger regional harvest pushes the whole market lower.
Spanish olive oil prices slide as farmers demand storage rule
Extra virgin trades below €3.20 a kilo at origin, and Spain's four big farm organisations want Madrid to order mills to hold back part of a 1.6-million-tonne crop.
Feta prices in Greece set to rise by up to €2 a kilo
Sheep pox has cost Greece about 500,000 animals and 80,000 tonnes of milk. The feta trade body expects shop prices to move from €12-13 to €15-16 a kilo within two months.
Turkish hazelnut prices sit a quarter below the state floor
Ordu traders paid 180-190 lira a kilo on 27 September against the state's 250, as a crop of up to 810,000 tonnes meets trade inspectors in the Black Sea hazelnut belt.
Japan rice prices fall for a sixth week to ¥2,934
The average 5 kg supermarket bag lost another ¥37 and now sits a third below January's peak, as new farm minister Kazuo Yana puts appropriate prices for growers first.
Greek olive oil prices fall by half as harvest begins
Extra virgin oil trades at €3.90 to €4.20 a kilo at origin, against €9.50 at the peak. Growers say their costs have not followed, and Spain still sets the price.
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