EU imports of organic agri-food products decreased in 2020

Published 2021년 6월 18일

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The European Union (EU) experienced a slight decline in organic agri-food imports in 2020, totaling 2.79 million tons, a 1.9% decrease from the previous year. Despite this, the EU market for organic agri-food products continued to grow. The reduction was primarily due to a drop in imports of cereals, oilcakes, and sugar, which were offset by organic tropical fruit and rice. The top EU importing countries were the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, with Ecuador and the Dominican Republic emerging as the leading suppliers, overtaking China and Ukraine. The main imports included tropical fruit, nuts, spices, oilcakes, sugar, milk powders, butter, unroasted coffee, cocoa, meat products, fruit, vegetables, milk yoghurt, and honey. The ten largest export countries of organic products to the EU accounted for 64% of organic imports in 2020.

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While the growth of the EU market for organic agri-food products persisted, imports of such products decreased slightly between 2019 and 2020. Namely, imports of organic tropical fruit and rice was more than outweighed by lower imports of other cereals, oilcakes, and sugar. Changes were also observed in the ranking of the main trading partners, with China and Ukraine losing their top spots to Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. The main importing EU Member States in 2020 were the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. In 2020, the EU imported 2.79 million tons of organic agri-food products, a decline of 1.9% compared to the 2.85 million tons imported the previous year. Commodities (which include cereals, vegetable oils and oilseeds, sugars, milk powders and butter, unroasted coffee and cocoa) represented 48% of 2020 imports in terms of volume and 29% in terms of value. As for other primary products (including meat products, fruit, vegetables, milk yoghurt and honey), they accounted for ...

Source: Greekfoodnews