Spain expects to produce garlic more than 200 000 tonnes

 

 

 

Mesa Nacional del Ajo, the Spanish producer organization, estimates that production will reach 203,000 tons of garlic throughout the country. That is a level approaching the excellent 2016 season which had reached 220,000 tons of garlic produced.

 

 

 

In 2016, exports totaled 162 623 tonnes (8% more than in 2015). Exports to the EU in 2016 reached 98 631 tonnes (-2%). Volumes fell in Italy, Portugal, Romania and Bulgaria but increased to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Greece.

 

 

 

Towards countries outside the EU, remarkable growth in demand from South Africa, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Australia, and particularly Taiwan, which rose from 930 tons 2015 to 14 789 tonnes in 2016.