With the changing weather most regions see a slight decrease in demand for strawberries, which are mostly eaten during the summer period. In the Netherlands there is enough product available on the market to supply customers, but supply is nicely balanced with demand. Belgians still see decent pricing for strawberries even though volumes have increased a bit. Spain is anticipating the start of next season with the beginning of the planting phase in the region of Huelva. In France they see prices that are relatively low and demand is not very strong, as it is every year at this time. German traders saw that some regions experienced crop failures due to heavy and sometimes prolonged rainfall. The autumn strawberry harvest in Italy appears satisfactory. They see that from the end of September to the beginning of October strawberries had high producer prices.
