Portugal: exports of small fruits break the record in 2020 and reach 247 million euros

Between January and December 2020, exports of small national fruits - raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries - grew 5.5% in value compared to the previous year, according to the most recent figures published by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on international trade, Lusomorango discloses in a statement. Sales abroad in this sector reached 247 million euros last year (compared to 234 million in 2019), which «denotes the sector's resilience in a very troubled economic period and marked by the consequences of combating the covid-19 pandemic» . In a year in which national exports fell above 10%, the agri-food sector, in general, and the small fruit sector, in particular, are the exception in this scenario of deep retraction. Small fruits thus remain the champions of national agricultural exports, with products from the fruit and vegetable sector being the most sold abroad. Since 2015, sales abroad have practically tripled. Luís Pinheiro, president of the Board ...