Spain garlic sales activities are hot, the sales situation is too warm that producers and marketers need to reject some orders, because they fear the difficult to complete signed with the EU or overseas common customer contracts and plan.
"If we accept all orders from all over the world, we are afraid that we will not be able to serve our customers throughout the garlic season. We can no longer meet more needs, especially when we do not know the market prospects." Spanish garlic producers and Traders Association Luis Fernando Rubio said.
According to Luis Fernando, the garlic season has a very similar sales pace with the previous quarter and the stock is limited. "Both market and contract prices are stable, with several open contracts rising slightly."
The next planting season increased by 20%
Spain expects garlic acreage will grow by 15-20%, Purple Garlic acreage increased by 20-25%, indicating strong demand for export markets around the world.
The next season's premature garlic seeding has begun and has good weather conditions. "The recent rainfall is very beneficial to the seeding of early maturing garlic. We will continue the manual seeding and automatic seeding of Purple Garlic this week."
According to Luis Fernando, the original planting area growth should be faster, but it is limited to the seed supply is limited, and the producers and landowners in the CAP (common agricultural policy) the rights of legal uncertainty, this is because the garlic is round the crops. "In general, Horticulture Department news is not true, and in the implementation of the new CAP, there is the phenomenon of trust between tenants and producers."
