Two-thirds of Spanish fruit and vegetable imports come from non-EU countries
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Spanish imports of fruit and vegetables from non-EU countries grew by 14% year-on-year, reaching reached €2.1 billion euros ($2.28 billion dollars) up to October 2022. These represented 67% of the value of total Spanish imports, which amounted to €3 billion euros.
Morocco remains the leading supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Spanish import market, with 772 million euros until October 2022, with a growth of 20%, maintaining the upward trend of recent years. At a distance from the first, the second extra-community supplier is Peru, from where fruits and vegetables were imported worth 356 million euros, up 20%, and in third place is Costa Rica with 179 million euros (+18%).
As for fruit and vegetable imports from the EU27 stood at 990 million euros from January to October 2022, 33% of the total, and also recorded growth compared to the same period of 2021 of 15%.
The first Community supplier is France from where fruit and vegetables were imported worth 278 million euros, 30% more than in the same period of 2021, closely followed by Portugal, with 238 million euros (+16%), according to data from the Customs and Excise Department of the Tax Agency, processed by FEPEX.
Morocco remains the leading supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Spanish import market, with 772 million euros until October 2022, with a growth of 20%, maintaining the upward trend of recent years. At a distance from the first, the second extra-community supplier is Peru, from where fruits and vegetables were imported worth 356 million euros, up 20%, and in third place is Costa Rica with 179 million euros (+18%).
As for fruit and vegetable imports from the EU27 stood at 990 million euros from January to October 2022, 33% of the total, and also recorded growth compared to the same period of 2021 of 15%.
The first Community supplier is France from where fruit and vegetables were imported worth 278 million euros, 30% more than in the same period of 2021, closely followed by Portugal, with 238 million euros (+16%), according to data from the Customs and Excise Department of the Tax Agency, processed by FEPEX.
Source: https://www.freshfruitportal.com