Frozen vegetable buyers find peppers in very short supply

摘要

EUROPE'S frozen vegetable market has started the New Year in very much the same manner it ended in 2007, with shortages and firm prices. Sweet peppers are proving particularly difficult to obtain, as nearly every established supplier to European processors has been plagued with problems. Spain's dominant fresh market continues to snap up the bulk of raw material and reports are that Spanish processors are now mainly supplying regular customers only, but even so, they are only able to fulfil 80-90% of original orders. Spanish IQF red sweet pepper strips are now being quoted at 1.20/kg EUR delivered Holland/Belgium, according to a Dutch trader.