Spain: Andalusia estates import 5,000 tons of Moroccan snails

Europa Press reported that about 211 farms registered in Andalusia Province imported, last year 2023, about 5,000 tons of snails from Morocco, worth four million euros. According to what the agency published, citing the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, approximately 248 thousand euros were imported in the first two months of 2024, which represents a growth of 88% compared to the number recorded from January to February of the previous year. These numbers make Morocco a prominent market in Andalusia, coinciding with the shrinkage of the volume of production on farms in Spain to about 605 kilograms last year, according to the National Association for Snail Breeding and Fattening (ANSEC). According to the Moroccan Professional Snail Federation, the volume of national production of snails reached, in 2022, about 15 thousand tons extracted from nature, 80 percent of which was directed abroad, while 20 percent was distributed to the national market. The institution pointed out that ...