MARL — Mercado Abastecedor da Região de Lisboa: physical wholesale market in São Julião do Tojal, Loures
MARL, Mercado Abastecedor da Região de Lisboa, is a wholesale supply centre for the Lisbon region. São Julião do Tojal, Loures, Portugal.
AGR-140 · Physical wholesale market · São Julião do Tojal, Loures, Portugal · EUR
MARL, Mercado Abastecedor da Região de Lisboa, is a wholesale supply centre for the Lisbon region. Its physical location is São Julião do Tojal in Loures municipality, rather than Lisbon city itself. The operator describes a 101 ha complex without a clear measurement year and lists 680 economic operators for 2025. That business indicator is not a count of stands trading simultaneously. Management-company revenue and merchandise turnover are different measures and have not been combined into a single market-trade figure.
The complex includes produce, fish, flowers and ornamental plants, together with logistics and other businesses. Buyers can use it to identify multiple suppliers serving the capital region. A mixed order may still require collection from several pavilions, and consolidation should be explicitly arranged if needed. A company’s presence at MARL does not imply a common ordering system or a single invoice across all categories. The counterparty should be chosen for its ability to meet the required specification and delivery volume, not simply for sharing the market address.
Portugal’s official agricultural market-information system, SIMA, provides a quotation search with market selection. Results can include minimum, maximum and most frequent prices and provisional-data flags. Preserve the unit and product description with each observation. An empty search result is not evidence of no trading: it may reflect an unsuitable filter, date or the absence of a published observation for the selected item. The displayed series should be checked before being added to a price database.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are the main reference groups. Dried fruit, nuts, flowers and ornamental plants are marked A pending confirmation of a specific available MARL series. This separates the complex’s assortment from the scope of confirmed quotations and avoids suggesting comprehensive price coverage for every activity located on the site.
A supplier should prepare a product specification, availability calendar and transport terms, then agree the receiving customer and delivery slot. Establishing an independent business at the complex requires a separate discussion with management. Buyers should confirm minimum quantity, tax treatment, packaging charges and collection timing. For fresh food, agree how quality will be documented and how a non-conforming lot will be handled. Public SIMA prices help assess market conditions, but the transaction outcome depends on specification, full delivery cost and settlement terms. A well-defined initial order provides a practical basis for deciding whether to develop a recurring supply relationship.
What is priced: Fruit, Vegetables and potatoes, Cut flowers and ornamentals, Nursery, pot and garden plants, Fish and seafood
Where to find the prices
Sources
- marl.pt — Site
- marl.pt — 2025 indicators
- regsima.gpp.pt — Quotations
- marl.pt — Company information
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
