| Built |
The wholesale market for fruit, vegetables and flowers was first built at its current site in the Hammerbrook district of Hamburg in 1962.
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| Area |
The site covers 283,000 m². The market hall offers 50,260 m² of wholesaling space with a further 46,542 m² of outside space available for handling produce, of which some 22,921 m² is privately owned.
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Firms on site
Customers |
472
4,500
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Turnover (volume)
Turnover (value) |
1,500,000 t annual
2.0 billion euros annual
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| Supply and demand |
Every day huge amounts of fresh fruit and vegetables are sold at the market; they come from all over the world and from all parts of Germany, including of course the produce grown locally in and around Hamburg. In addition to fruit and vegetables other types of food are sold in the hall, so that retailers can buy a large portion of their fresh produce here.
The wholesale market supplies Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, parts of Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with fresh produce, especially fruit and vegetables. But shipments are also despatched to North, Central and Eastern Europe.
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| Infrastructure |
Infrastructure at the wholesale market is excellent. The motorway junction is just the other side of the bridge across the Elbe, a mere 500 metres away. Several customs entrances allow access to the free port, which is only 1 kilometre away from the wholesale market.
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| Service |
The entire range of services connected with the distribution of food is available. The firms based at the market are highly competitive thanks to their customer friendly attitudes and the latest standards in logistics and services.
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| Number of employees |
Firms on site: approx. 2,000; Market management: 44
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| Catchment area |
Thanks to its huge range of produce and central location the wholesale market serves a catchment area that extends all the way to West Poland and South Scandinavia. A total of 15 million consumers receive fresh food from this market.
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| Import market |
Hamburg is considered a representative import market for fruit and vegetables. For this reason official records of prices are made for inclusion in national price statistics.
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| Market management |
The wholesale market is a state corporation,
i.e. an administrative unit that has been split off from its parent,
the Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation, and is run as
a commercial enterprise. 44 people are employed by the market authority. |
