Morocco dominates the German market for exporting sweet pepper

Morocco increased its exports of sweet peppers to Germany in the 2022/23 fiscal year (July-June), reaching 18,200 tons, with revenues of nearly $30 million, according to the East Fruit report, a record volume. The same platform reported that Morocco's exports of sweet peppers to Germany increased over successive seasons, at a rate of 10-20% annually. It reached its highest level in the last seven seasons. “Morocco is the only major country that succeeded in increasing its exports of sweet peppers to Germany last season,” said Yevgen Kozin, fruit and vegetable market analyst at the East Fruit platform. At the same time, other countries, as a result of various problems, reduced supplies to the German market.” It is worth noting that Germany is the largest importer of sweet peppers in Europe, and in the global rankings, Germany has confidently ranked second since 2017, falling from first place only to the United States. Morocco grows sweet peppers year-round, so the vegetable is ...