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

Published 2022년 5월 8일

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The Spanish green asparagus industry has launched an interprofessional framework with a focus on differentiating its flavor and texture from Peruvian and Chinese asparagus, expanding trade to the US and Japan, and promoting sector digitization. With a significant portion of its production exported mainly to Germany, Switzerland, and France, the industry is also exploring opportunities in the Middle East and Asia, temporarily halted by the COVID-19 crisis. Based in Andalusia, particularly in the Vega del Río Genil and Cuevas del Campo, the industry is not only aiming for international growth but also seeking labor hire agreements in the country of origin, similar to the model in Huelva with strawberries, and the digitization of its operations.

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The Spanish green asparagus launched its interprofessional framework last October from which it wants to promote and differentiate its qualities of flavor and texture with respect to others from Peru and China, expand its trade to countries such as the United States and Japan and promote the digitization of the sector. 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 Agrifood 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 ...

Source: Agroclm