Morocco sets a new record for fresh berry export revenue in 2023

Morocco continued to steadily increase its fresh berry export revenues in 2023, despite challenging weather conditions and lower tonnage shipments, EastFruit reports. At the end of the last calendar year, Moroccan producers of fresh berries exported almost 124 thousand tons of these products, bringing the country revenue of $750 million. “Berries were once again able to confirm their status as one of the key export crops of the Moroccan fruit and vegetable business. Only greenhouse tomatoes were able to bring more foreign exchange earnings for the country, and to this result it is worth adding an additional $83 million from the export of frozen garden strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. At the same time, 2023 was not ideal for Moroccan berry exporters,” emphasizes Evgeniy Kuzin, fruit and vegetable market analyst at the EastFruit project. Thus, despite the continued growth in export revenue from the export of fresh berries from Morocco, which has grown 2.4 times since ...