Strawberries in Spain are recovering and reach the pre-covid production and sale level

Published 2021년 7월 12일

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Santa María de La Rábida's agricultural brand, Fresón de Palos, has successfully concluded its strawberry season, producing 71 million kilos of strawberries, with 60% exported primarily to European markets, including new ones in Switzerland and Lithuania. Recovering from the pandemic, the company saw a significant increase in sales and production, despite challenges like storm Filomena. Additionally, the company's blueberry and raspberry production have seen notable increases, with raspberries now in several new European markets. Although blackberry production has slightly increased, it still accounts for less than 0.1% of the company's marketed fruits, with new markets including the Czech Republic, Croatia, and especially Switzerland.

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The cooperative society Santa María de La Rábida, with its brand Fresón de Palos, currently the largest producer of strawberries in Europe, has closed this season with an amount of 71 million kilos, of which 60% has been allocated to international markets, mainly European, recovering precovid production and sales figures. Fresón de Palos has presented at its annual meeting the data for the closing of the 2020-2021 campaign in which it has exceeded 74.4 million kilos of fruit, of which 95.45 percent are strawberries, as explained by the director general, Silvia Gómez. “We began to recover the pre-covid production and sales figures, despite the fact that we are still under the effects of the pandemic and we have had phenomena, such as the storm Filomena, which radically stopped the production of strawberries. However, the following weeks were of exceptional production and Easter had a very good performance, with an increase in production of 30 percent, thanks to the excellent ...

Source: Agroinformacion