Fruit and vegetable imports grow by 5% in volume and 11% in value until September in Spain

Spanish imports of fresh fruit and vegetables until September registered a year-on-year growth of 5% in volume and 11% in value, totalling 3.2 million tonnes and 3.64 billion euros. Specifically, imports of fresh vegetables in the first nine months of 2024 registered a high growth rate, specifically growing by 16% in volume and 18% in value compared to the same period in 2023, reaching 1.5 million tonnes and 1.156 billion euros respectively. Potato imports were the majority, with an increase of 20% in volume and 26% in value, totalling 924,733 tonnes and 420 million euros. Tomatoes followed with 148,766 tonnes (+10%) and 152 million euros (+3%), while the third most imported vegetable, onions, registered a decrease in the period analysed of 14% in volume and 19% in value, totalling 100,473 tonnes and 66 million euros. Meanwhile, the import of fresh fruit from January to September 2024 stood at 1.6 million tonnes, which was 4% less than in the same months of 2023, while the value ...