Tomatoes: Spain now favors Portugal over Morocco

Tomato imports into Spain have seen significant changes during the first nine months of 2023. Indeed the figures reveal marked variations in imported volumes, values and key suppliers. Between January and September this year, Spain reduced its purchases of tomatoes from Morocco by 40.19%, while imports from Portugal increased by 69.24% according to Hortoinfo data. In total, Spain imported 135.12 million kilos of tomatoes from various countries during this period, a slight increase of 1.14% compared to the previous year. The total value of tomato purchases from other countries amounted to 147.52 million euros, with an average price of 1.09 euros per kilo. Portugal has ousted Morocco as the main supplier of tomatoes to Spanish markets. Tomato imports from Portugal increased significantly from 36.87 million kilos in the first nine months of 2022 to 62.41 million kilos in 2023. The value of these imports reached 54.49 million euros, with an average price of 0.87 euros per kilo. On the ...