Cucumber canary back in Europe after months of hard falls.

High demand and low supply have managed to increase the price to almost triple it compared to the months of November and December..

The Canarian producers have addressed the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of the Canary Islands, to request the processing of aid due to the effects of the Russian veto.

There are many factors that have come together to describe the cucumber campaign that has been carried out to date as “dramatic”..

The Canary Islands began to produce earlier and with greater volume, which coincided with a large production of the Peninsula due to the good weather and high temperatures.

The same thing happened with the productions from Greece and Morocco., producing an oversupply of cucumbers that the market was not able to absorb with the necessary speed.

What is certain is that the Russian veto on EU fruits and vegetables, caused the quota destined for Russia to remain in the European market, causing a collapse in prices, even below production costs.

This dramatic situation for cucumber cultivation, It is doubly worse among Canarian producers, due to the high transportation costs that could not be covered with prices of €0.23/kg.

The consequences of the high stockpile meant the destruction of many cucumbers due to the conditions and quality of stored cucumbers., with the consequent losses.

However, the drastic drop in temperatures and past the peak of crop production, is causing a market shortage that is directly impacting prices.

Canarian producers trust that this situation can continue throughout the month of January and February, just until Dutch producers start reaching the market, what the withdrawal of the canaries will mean.

At the moment the market price is around €0.80/kg, quadrupling the price compared to the months of November and December. The Canary Islands have exported 11,1 million kilos, a 12% less than the previous campaign on the same dates.

The Canarian producers have addressed the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of the Canary Islands, to request the processing of the aid that the Commission articulated due to the effects of the Russian veto.

In other producing areas of the Peninsula, like the case of Motril, Granada, They have gone further and have asked the Junta de Andalucía, in addition to aid for the Russian veto, the decrease in personal income tax, ICO credits for the new campaign, a year's grace period for those cucumber producers who are eligible for loans and subsidies, as well as the tax deduction of the IBI of rural land in collaboration with the town councils.