Morocco continues to increase tomato exports this year

Morocco is strengthening its trend of growing greenhouse tomato exports this year after the industry emerged from the autumn crisis of 2023, EastFruit reports. In January-July of this year, Moroccan tomato exports remained at a record high, and the country has already managed to supply 424 thousand tons of products to foreign markets. This figure is 16% higher than the average volume of tomato exports from Morocco for January-July of the previous five years, and the closest to it was recorded in 2022 - 414 thousand tons. At the same time, the country managed to set monthly export records in January, March and July of this year during this period. The final export figure in 2024 will largely depend on events in the fall and the influence of weather conditions in the summer of this year. Let us recall that they were far from ideal even now. About half of the tomato supplies from Morocco, as before, went to France, and the remaining volumes were distributed mainly between the EU ...