The latest figures on EU vegetable production

Published 2021년 4월 10일

Tridge summary

In 2020, the European Union saw a slight decrease of nearly 1% in its vegetable production, totaling 59.53 million tons, with each member state and product experiencing different trends. Spain, the largest producer, saw a significant drop in onions and industrial tomatoes, while other countries like Italy and Portugal expect to recover. Germany has emerged as the leading carrot producer, and there's a general increase in the production of sweet peppers, eggplants, zucchini, garlic, and spinach, with Spain and Italy driving most of this growth. However, there are also declines in the production of crops like leeks, endives, and artichokes.

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Original content

According to preliminary data, the volume of vegetable production in the European Union in 2020 was 59.53 million tons, which is a decrease of almost 1% compared to the previous year. However, there are different results for each Member State and for each product. In the largest producing country, Spain, yields fell by almost 5% over the previous year. This is due to the quantitative decline in the case of onions and industrial tomatoes, which also had an impact on the European Union's overall results, according to FruitVeB. However, more peppers, eggplants and head cabbage were harvested in 2020 than in the previous year. However, it should not be forgotten that in the assessment of 2020, Britain was on the list of EU Member States. Britain, by the way, accounted for 4% of the total EU-28 vegetable production. Tomatoes are the largest volume of vegetables grown in the European Union, but it is not fresh market cultivation but industrial tomatoes that account for a larger share of ...

Source: Agrarszektor