Tropical fruits are in demand on the European market

Published 2020년 11월 19일

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The article highlights the growing popularity of tropical fruits in Europe, with significant import growth over the past five years. The value of imports for fruits like litchi, passion fruit, star fruit, and dragon fruit surged by 40% to €142 million in 2019, while pomegranate imports saw a 21% increase, reaching a value of €202 million. The article emphasizes the potential for further market growth, particularly for fruits like rambutan and pitahaya. It also discusses the importance of packaging and technology in extending shelf life and making fruit exports more attractive. The article also mentions the potential for sea shipping to reduce costs by providing longer shelf life and reaching a wider audience through supermarkets and retailers.

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Through the health values from tropical fruits have helped the needs of European consumers, among them pomegranate, passion fruit, lychee and lychee fruit. In addition, other typical fruits such as rambutan and starfruit will certainly have growth potential in this market. Every year, many tropical fruits are imported by Europe with the value increasing faster than the import quantity. The value of European imports of fresh litchi, passion fruit, star fruit and dragon fruit (HS 08109020) increased by 40% over the past five years, to € 142 million in 2019. Other exotic fruits ( HS 08109075) which is mainly pomegranate has growth of 21% and has a total value of 202 million euros by 2019. "The growth in value is an indication that the prices of the featured fruit products are higher. Currently, the typical fruit is in the early stages of its life cycle, while the European market still has room to grow, the time to develop the tropical fruit market will depend on the specific variety ...

Source: CafeF