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Spanish exports -6.6%, imports + 20.2% in tons
Spain
Friday 28 March 2008
In January of this year exports of fruit and vegetables amounted 10,542 tons, receding by 6.58% compared with January 2007. According to the Spanish association of fruit and vegetables’ producers and exporters FEPEX, in value exports totalled 850,913 euro, with a decrease by 3.04%.
The fall in Spanish exports coincides with a sharp increase in imports, which amounted to 229,373 tons, an increase by 20.24% over the same period last year. Imports grew in value by 4.87%, amounting 117,615,850 euro.
The decline in exports is concentrated in the fruit sector, whose exports are receding by 19.76% in volume, totalling 512,538 tons. It is worth highlighting the strong decline in citrus by 21.23% in volume and 3.85% in value, with a recovery of 22.07% of the average price of this product group. Vegetables exports rose 10.60%, amounting to 541,686 tons. Pepper exports rose 62.56% (77,151 tons), recovering from last year’s crisis. Tomato exports amounted to 149,821 tons, increasing by 7.26%.
The strong growth in imports was concentrated in the fruit sector, which registered a 58.9% increase with 106,205 tons. There is a widespread growth in imports of fruit, with the exception of table grapes and kiwifruit. Also worth mentioning the sharp increase in imports of pear, apple, avocado, citrus fruit, banana and mango.
According to FEPEX, what has made of the European Union the most attractive market in the world for fruit and vegetables’ exporters from third countries is the sharp increase in imports as a result of the strong euro, the ineffectiveness of the entry price system and the absence of controls on imports. FEPEX also believes that the evolution that exports are following, highlights the urgent need to implement a specific policy with the aim of improving the competitiveness of the production and export sectors.
The fall in Spanish exports coincides with a sharp increase in imports, which amounted to 229,373 tons, an increase by 20.24% over the same period last year. Imports grew in value by 4.87%, amounting 117,615,850 euro.
The decline in exports is concentrated in the fruit sector, whose exports are receding by 19.76% in volume, totalling 512,538 tons. It is worth highlighting the strong decline in citrus by 21.23% in volume and 3.85% in value, with a recovery of 22.07% of the average price of this product group. Vegetables exports rose 10.60%, amounting to 541,686 tons. Pepper exports rose 62.56% (77,151 tons), recovering from last year’s crisis. Tomato exports amounted to 149,821 tons, increasing by 7.26%.
The strong growth in imports was concentrated in the fruit sector, which registered a 58.9% increase with 106,205 tons. There is a widespread growth in imports of fruit, with the exception of table grapes and kiwifruit. Also worth mentioning the sharp increase in imports of pear, apple, avocado, citrus fruit, banana and mango.
According to FEPEX, what has made of the European Union the most attractive market in the world for fruit and vegetables’ exporters from third countries is the sharp increase in imports as a result of the strong euro, the ineffectiveness of the entry price system and the absence of controls on imports. FEPEX also believes that the evolution that exports are following, highlights the urgent need to implement a specific policy with the aim of improving the competitiveness of the production and export sectors.
