Morocco's exports of avocados rise to the highest level in 2023

Published 2023년 3월 25일

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Morocco is poised to set a new record for avocado exports in the 2022/23 season, with a 60% increase in record-breaking volumes compared to the same period in the previous season, according to Eastfruit. This surge, with 35,500 tons exported from July 2022 to January 2023, is supported by a diverse range of importing countries, including Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK, among others. The history of Morocco's avocado cultivation dates back to the 1950s, leveraging the country's climate for producing various avocado varieties, which contributed significantly to Morocco's fruit and vegetable export earnings, reaching nearly $90 million in 2021 and ranking avocados eighth in export value.

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Moroccan exporters have an opportunity to set a new record for avocado exports in the 2022/23 season (July-June), according to Eastfruit, a platform specialized in the fruit and vegetable market. At the same time, production representatives for the cultivation and export of avocados are very concerned about their future due to the country's water shortage and climate change. The source indicated that from July 2022 to January 2023, Morocco exported a record volume of avocados for this period, i.e. 35,500 tons, an increase of 60 percent over the same months of the previous marking. And “East Fruit” explained that before exceeding the total exports of the previous season, Moroccan exporters had only 7,000 tons of avocados to export to foreign markets. Looking at the trends of the past years, this target is likely to be achieved almost smoothly in the remaining months, and Morocco will indeed set a new record in exports at the end of the 2022/23 season. The figures revealed that ...

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