Summer vegetables are the strongest family in the vegetables group. As of 4 November 2026 their indices are up 16.1% on average over three months, against 4.1% for the group, and 12.9% over a year. All 22 materials have an index, and 20 of them rose. The family covers tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, tomato paste and a range of chillies.
Tomato leads at +57.2% over three months and +35.7% over a year. Its note points to a record September average price across the EU, per the European Commission on 16 October, and to Spanish tomato exports for 2025/2026 lower than in the last decade. At Rungis, end-of-season supply was abundant, demand weaker and prices in free fall.
Cherry tomatoes are right behind: red cherry tomato gained 57.0% and yellow cherry tomato 56.5% over three months, and they are 36.9% and 38.5% up on the year. In Italy, wholesale cherry tomato prices climbed steeply in mid-October, according to a 14 October note, with climate effects and costs cited in another report.
In Spain, growers said on 21 October they had cut cherry tomato plantings, loose cherry most of all, while facing higher energy, transport and packaging costs. Zucchini rose 48.1% and yellow tomato 34.8%. Cucumber added 20.4%; Dutch cucumber prices held at good levels near the end of the season with strong demand, news reported on 15 October.
Bell peppers rose too: red pepper +18.0%, yellow pepper +16.6%, green pepper +10.9%. On 21 October, Morocco was reported to have overtaken the Netherlands as a pepper supplier to the EU in the first half of 2026. Chillies moved less: serrano peppers and Chilaca gained 12.5%, while Habanero and Carolina Reaper added 1.2%.
Only two materials fell. Eggplant lost 9.6% over three months and is 3.0% down on the year; tomato paste slipped 1.2% and is 6.7% lower than a year ago.