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Spain: Price of cucumber, 50% below the cost of production

Spanish cucumber producers say they are against an untenable situation that causes them to withdraw a product for which earn less than 20 cents a kilo.

By Redacción ECA

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Spanish cucumber producers say they are against an untenable situation that causes them to withdraw a product for which earn less than 20 cents a kilo.

The cucumber producers associated companies and Ecohal COEXPHAL have met twice this week to analyze and track the causes of the low price of cucumbers this week.

According to the data with which it works COEXPHAL, great tension between farmers there by the bad results being obtained. Many are removing the product and others, of later plantations, are booting directly for not meeting production costs.

The trading associated Ecohal COEXPHAL and are very concerned about this situation that is leading to farmers agribusiness partners that, in their desperation to the low prices of their product being recalled cucumber before taking it to the distributor.

This is a very frustrating and desperate situation for both farmers and traders of cucumber in the provinces of Almeria and Granada.

Source: COEXPHAL. Ecohal

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