Almería accounts for a quarter of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports, growing by 17%

More information Handling of peppers at the Murgiverde facilities, in El Ejido Handling of peppers at the Murgiverde facilities, in El Ejido / Rafael González (Almería) The value of fruit and vegetable exports continues to rise while the volume falls Almería is the undisputed leader and driver of fruit and vegetable exports with half of the Andalusian sales of the sector in the first semester (51%) and almost a quarter of those of Spain (23%), which account for 2,239 million, its best record. It is also the province in which sales grew the most in this period, 17.1% year-on-year. At the regional level, Andalusia reached a new record for fruit and vegetable exports in the first half of 2022, with 4,424 million euros, its historical maximum in a semester for which comparable records exist (1995), thanks to a growth of 11, 6% compared to the same period in 2021, when a record was also recorded in the historical series, despite the crisis derived from the impact of Covid-19. With ...