Mercamurcia: physical wholesale market in El Palmar, Murcia
Mercamurcia is a food distribution complex in El Palmar, within Murcia in south-eastern Spain. El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
AGR-103 · Physical wholesale market · El Palmar, Murcia, Spain · EUR
Mercamurcia is a food distribution complex in El Palmar, within Murcia in south-eastern Spain. It combines fruit and vegetable trading with fish, meat, flowers and plants. Suppliers should identify the appropriate sector at the outset because receiving arrangements, documentation and settlement units differ. This is a physical trading and logistics location. References to its price-setting lonjas should not be interpreted as an exchange for financial futures contracts. Commercial relationships remain specific to the product and participating business.
The city's announcement of 2025 results reports approximately 131.8 million kg of fruit and vegetables and 28.5 million kg of fish and seafood, equivalent to 131,800 and 28,500 tonnes respectively. These figures represent two selected commodity streams rather than total complex throughput. Flowers may be counted in stems or pieces, which cannot be added directly to tonnage. Annual figures help describe the market's scale but do not establish the stock of a particular product available on a specified trading day.
The “Precios y estadísticas” section provides routes to fruit and vegetable, livestock and almond reports. The operator states that its lonja prices are updated weekly. Each bulletin still needs to be checked for date, category and unit. A live-animal quotation is not a price for cut meat, and almonds may be differentiated by variety or product form.
A buyer should establish whether the visit is for collection of a prepared order or selection of goods on arrival. Produce orders require agreement on size, maturity and crate type. Fish purchases need a clear distinction between fresh and frozen goods and an agreed receiving time. Meat buyers should specify the commercial form rather than relying on the species name alone. A usable quotation separates transport, storage, handling and any returnable packaging from the value of the goods, allowing several suppliers to be compared on equivalent terms.
For sellers, a practical starting point is a resident firm in the relevant sector and a proposed delivery schedule. Agree how quality will be assessed at unloading, when payment falls due and how any rejected portion of a lot will be handled. The operator is at Avenida Mercamurcia 18, 30120 El Palmar; telephone +34 968 86 91 30 and email mercamurcia@mercamurcia.es. Before dispatching a full vehicle, confirm the destination stand, receiving window and the person authorised to acknowledge delivery. This reduces the risk of a truck arriving at the wrong part of a complex handling several different food categories.
What is priced: Fruit, Vegetables and potatoes, Cut flowers and ornamentals, Nursery, pot and garden plants, Livestock and meat, Fish and seafood
Where to find the prices
Sources
- City of Murcia 2025 results
- Prices and statistics
All agricultural exchanges, markets and price sources
