The green asparagus wants to travel from Spain to the United States and Japan

Published 2022년 5월 7일

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The Spanish green asparagus industry has received official recognition as an Interprofessional Agri-Food Organization, with a significant portion (60%) of its production exported mainly to Europe, with plans to expand to Saudi Arabia, Middle East, and Asia. Produced mainly in Andalusia, Spain's green asparagus is noted for its unique flavor and texture due to specific weather conditions. The industry is currently midway through its season, expecting to produce around 44,000 tons this year, despite facing increased production costs that are largely shouldered by producers. An ongoing promotional campaign emphasizes the nutritional benefits and sustainability aspects of the product. The industry is also seeking to export to the United States and is using European funds to digitize its operations and promote labor agreements in the countries of origin, similar to the model in Huelva with strawberries.

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Currently, this vegetable is marketed in European supermarkets and greengrocers and is beginning to be exported to new non-EU destinations such as Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. For now, 60% is sold abroad -with Germany, Switzerland and France as the main buyers-, compared to 40% that is consumed in Spain. On October 2, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) the recognition of the «Interprofessional Agri-Food Organization of Green Asparagus of Spain». The president of this organization, Antonio Zamora, explained to Efeagro that the product from Peru and China, in addition to being sold at "much more aggressive prices", always "is usually sold in glass to appear to be good". "Spanish green asparagus is neither better nor worse, it is different," he clarified, and it is because "it has a flavor that imports do not have due to weather conditions and the temperature difference between day and night where it is planted, ...

Source: PEefeagro