Spain: The pepper consolidates its leadership and the United Kingdom overtakes France

Published 2022년 2월 28일

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In 2021, Almeria's agri-food and beverage exports reached a record high in value and commercial surplus, leading Andalusia and accounting for 28.1% of Andalusia's and 6% of Spain's total sales. The majority of these exports were vegetables, plants, roots, and food tubers, followed by fruit, live plants and floriculture products, seeds, and live animals. Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Italy were the leading buyers, with the UK seeing a significant increase. Almeria also led in fruit and vegetable exports at the national level, with sweet peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers being the main exports. However, the export value of spring crops and garlic fell compared to the previous year.

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Original content

Agri-food and beverage exports from Almeria to the world continue to break records. In 2021 these shipments reached a new record in value (3,485 million euros, 8.38% more) and in commercial surplus (3,106.6 million euros) and, with this, Almería leads the provincial ranking of Andalusia in sales, with 28.1% of the Andalusian total, ahead of Seville, also representing 6% nationally. According to the information handled by the Andalusian Agency for Foreign Promotion, Extenda, regarding the import of this type of product, this reached 378.2 million euros in the last year, which represents a figure similar to that of the financial year above, being seeds with a value of purchases abroad of 171.6 million euros (+20%), and vegetables, plants, roots and food tubers with 97.7 million (-19.5%), the most imported chapters. In Europe, 98.1% of shipments abroad of agri-food products from this Andalusian province remain, that is, 3,416.9 million euros, a figure that increases by 8.5% ...

Source: Diariodealmeria