Drought in Portugal has allowed Morocco to export a record volume of cucumbers to the country in one season

Morocco exported a record volume of cucumbers to Portugal this season, EastFruit reports. Moreover, one of the factors that played a role in increasing supplies to Portuguese markets was the severe drought that befell Europe. Earlier, EastFruit wrote that external supplies of cucumber from Morocco have been growing since 2017 and for the last 3 seasons, local exporters have managed to update the record annually. Against the backdrop of an increase in the overall export of Moroccan cucumber, the import of the vegetable into Portugal is also growing. The graph shows that if in the 2018/19 season there was a decline in the supply of these products to Portuguese markets, then subsequently import volumes increased annually. In four years, the number of cucumbers exported to Portugal has increased by 17! times in the 2022/23 season (for analysis we will take the period from July to June) exceeded 2 thousand tons. As a rule, the vegetable reached Portuguese markets from November to ...