In just a few years, 200,000 fewer tons of Dutch fruit and vegetables will be sent to Germany

Published 2023년 12월 20일

Tridge summary

Despite a slight decrease in the volume of imports, the value of German imports of fresh fruit and vegetables has grown by approximately 10% in 2023, reaching around 13.5 billion euros. The decrease in imports is mainly attributed to a decline in imports from the main suppliers, Spain and the Netherlands. Notably, there has been a significant decrease in German imports of apples and pears from the Netherlands, as well as a sharp decline in imports of oranges and mandarins from Spain. Additionally, other countries such as South Africa, Morocco, Greece, Brazil, and Egypt have seen an increase in their sales to Germany.

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Original content

After the sharp decline in German imports of fresh fruit and vegetables in 2022, imports have shrunk slightly again this year. This year, imports will amount to approximately 8.38 million tons, compared to 8.54 million tons last year and 9.2 million tons in 2020 and 2021. This trend can be entirely attributed to the decrease in imports from the two main suppliers, Spain and the Netherlands. In monetary terms, moreDespite the smaller volume, the value of German imports of fresh fruit and vegetables has grown. In 2021 and 2022 this amounted to approximately 12.5 billion euros. This year it will amount to around 13.5 billion euros. This means that the average range has increased in price by at least 10%. The estimate for 2023 is based on the development of German imports of fresh fruit and vegetables in the first 10 months according to the German CBS (Statisches Bundesambt; SBA). Then usually around 85% of the annual total is realized. In principle, SBA registers the country of ...

Source: AGF