Bulgaria: Our main export of tomatoes is to Romania, of cucumbers to Germany

The export of vegetables in January - July 2024 is 13% less compared to the previous year An information board of the Ministry of Agriculture shows that our main export of tomatoes in the period January - July 2024 is directed to Romania. The neighboring country receives 37% of Bulgarian tomato exports. 25% of red vegetables intended for foreign markets go to Hungary, 19% to Poland, followed by the Czech Republic and Croatia. For cucumbers, over half of our export market is in Germany - 55 percent. It is followed by Poland with 20% and Romania with 9%. If in 2021 the Bulgarian export of fresh vegetables reached 54,962 tons, mainly aimed at the European market, in 2022 a drop of more than 30% was observed - 37,380 ...