Sales of Spanish and Dutch peppers in the EU are falling
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Vegetables
Published Feb 1, 2023
Tridge summary
According to a study by the Spanish news service Hortoinfo, sales of Spanish peppers in the EU fell by 8.53% between January and October 2022 compared to the same period of 2021. Sales of 42.69 million kilos less were sold and it was the third consecutive year with a downward trend. Previously, Spain could have increased its supply of peppers to the EU market every year. Nevertheless, Spain is still the country that sells the most peppers to the EU market.
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In the period analysed, the Spanish supply amounted to 457.82 million kilos, which is 40.75% of all peppers purchased in the EU. The value of the Spanish sales decreased by € 838.88 million in percentage terms, slightly less, namely 4.78%. This is because the average price had increased by 3.98% to € 1.83 per kilo. Dutch sales of bell peppers in the EU fell by 6.34% to 261.57 million kilos in the first 10 months of 2022. That is 17.71 million kilos less than in 2021. The turnover amounted to € 555.72 million and the average price was € 2.12 per kilo. That made them 15.85% more expensive than Spanish peppers. Moroccan sales of peppers, on the other hand, increased by 6.16% to 114.73 million kilos. That is 6.6 million kilos more than in 2021. The value of Moroccan sales in ...
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