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By Daniel Lafuente<br />
Torregrosa<br />
The market of the fresh pineapple<br />
in Europe is supplied<br />
just coming from out of the<br />
EU producers, since only in<br />
Europe the Canary Islands, situated<br />
in Spain, have the tropical<br />
climate for the development<br />
of the crop.<br />
In Spain, since it has become<br />
a “commodity”, many<br />
chains of supermarkets, in<br />
their commercial campaigns<br />
during Christmas time they<br />
Pineapple becomes a<br />
“commodity”<br />
The sales of this tropical fruit have improved in the EU. In fact, it has become<br />
a product of quick development in the last five years. December keeps on<br />
being the month where the sales are better among the European consumers,<br />
although the decrease of its price is becoming it a “commodity”.<br />
supplied cheap pineapple being<br />
one of the main lures to<br />
attract customers of different<br />
social status.<br />
These popular measures<br />
have caused logically the increase<br />
of the sales, but the profit<br />
of the operations, in many<br />
cases, is a doubt.<br />
In this situation, Costa Rica,<br />
producing country par excellence,<br />
leads the sendings of<br />
pineapple to the Spanish country<br />
one more year with 60,335<br />
tons, two per cent more than<br />
in 2008. In spite of this increa-<br />
se of the volume of business<br />
of this tropical product it is<br />
not the best moment when<br />
companies like Dole Food<br />
Company and Fresh Del Monte<br />
have closed some of their<br />
facilities in Costa Rica due to<br />
the loss in the value of the<br />
dollar and other problems that<br />
had caused that the operational<br />
costs in the country were<br />
not profitable.<br />
These figures show the potential<br />
of the Spanish companies<br />
in this commerce, which<br />
makes of Spain an important<br />
importer country of the European<br />
Union, and Holland as<br />
the main destination of the<br />
import. In fact, the Netherlands<br />
is the main door of<br />
many varieties of tropical<br />
fruits. This is due not only to<br />
the local consumption, but<br />
because of the important role<br />
of this country like the centre<br />
of the fresh product distribution<br />
for an important part of<br />
Europe.<br />
F&H Frutas y Hortalizas<br />
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