date:Jul 11, 2016
, Spain and Turkey took over Israels position.
As a result of the governments measure to deregulate prices, cultivators were very successful. The additional earnings were invested in area expansion, and new cultivators entered the market. The area has almost doubled in ten years, mostly by full production. The large supply exceeds local demand, resulting in low prices and decreasing sales for cultivators.
Export is possible in some exceptional situations, because of the smaller harvests in Spa