At present, the entire Serbia has entered the raspberry harvest season. This year, the quality and appearance of raspberries are excellent, but the purchase price at the beginning of the new season has dropped significantly, causing strong dissatisfaction among local growers. Many raspberry growers have bluntly stated that the current pricing is simply blatant extortion. In the case of better fruit quality than in previous years, the purchase price not only did not rise, but also fell below last year's level, making it difficult for all growers to accept.
per kilogram400Dinar（(1Dinar is approximately equal to0.07Chinese Yuan,400Dinar is approximately equal to28Chinese yuan), growers call it a disaster
Serbia is renowned for its leading position in raspberry production. However,whenThe raspberry market fluctuates greatly, and the main reason for the fluctuations is not the quality or output, but the disorderly rise and fall of purchase prices.After the start of this year's harvest season, raspberry growers collectively fell into anger because the starting price for raspberry purchases this year was lower than last year, only400Dinar (approximately equal to28The price has dropped significantly compared to last year, which is a certain amountplantingone whoThey all can't accept it.
Mileta, President of the Raspberry Producers Association of Serbia·Piercevic said, "This is simply a disaster! We held a symposium specifically for this, attended by large merchants, representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, and major industry associations. Various issues can be discussed on-site, but whenever growers mention pricing issues, they are avoided. The relevant parties always use the excuse that the price cannot be determined or predicted, and refuse to respond positively." Piercevic further compared the previous market situation: "Last year, the purchase price of raspberries remained stable at per kilogram600Dinar, with smooth market transactions and transparent and reasonable prices. But this year, the acquirer directly lowered the bottom price to400Dinar, completely unreasonable
For many years, the purchase price of Serbian raspberries has fluctuated in a disorderly and highly unstable manner, with prices once fluctuating at a rate of per kilogram200to600There are significant fluctuations between the dinars. The growers admitted that this year's raspberry quality is excellent, but the overall harvest is relatively low. The raspberry reserve inventory in domestic and foreign cold storage is in a tight state, fully meeting the market conditions to maintain high prices, and should continue to last year600Dinar's acquisition criteria.
The growers further explained that previous price reductions could be understood as buyers stockpiling inventory and poor sales, but last year all Serbian raspberries were sold out and inventory was completely cleared. In the context of market demand exceeding supply, buyers deliberately lowering the purchase price is undoubtedly a disguised extortion of growers, and this price suppression chaos occurs almost every year.
The continuous chaos of low prices has intensified industry conflicts. At present, the local raspberry planting community is in high spirits, not only brewing protests to protect their rights, but even many growers have expressed that if the current situation cannot be changed, they will completely abandon the raspberry planting industry.Pirchevich bluntly stated that acquirers often use external factors such as imported raspberries from Ukraine as an excuse to lower prices. If the market no longer needs locally frozen raspberries, acquirers can simply shut down their local acquisition sites. We have been working hard for a year, but we cannot earn reasonable returns. If the price issue is not resolved for a long time, the rights protection actions of the planting community will be fully escalated. We will mobilize all staff and resolutely protect our rights. This unreasonable situation cannot continue.
