A very long fruit and vegetable year in Spain

The fruit and vegetable sector ends the year with a general improvement in production and sales abroad, promoted by an increase in volume in campaigns such as the pome fruit and stone fruit campaign, although with the threat of latent pests in other crops such as pepper. In general, Spanish fruit and vegetable crops have improved their production data this year, although many of them still do not reach the average volume recorded in recent years as a result, among others, of the effects of the climate and the impact of pests. Main data The pome fruit has improved its figures, with a volume of 815,710 tons, which represents an increase of 9.5% compared to the 2022-2023 campaign, but a decrease of 7% if the average over the last five is taken into account. Within this category, the fruit that has registered the greatest increase compared to the previous campaign has been the cider apple, with a rise of 51.7%, while the production of table apple has fallen by 2.6% compared to the ...