Morocco’s Fruit and Vegetable Exports to Spain Surge 8% Despite Pandemic

Morocco is Spain’s main supplier for its imports of fresh fruits and vegetables, reports agrimaroc.ma. Over the same period, they experienced an 8% increase compared to the previous year for a total of 2.078 billion euros.

Regarding Spanish imports of fruits, they amounted to 1.495 billion euros, or 15% more than in 2019. They experienced an 8% increase at a rate of 1.2 million tons. Avocado is one of the most imported fruits with 216 million euros (+12%). It is followed by kiwi (163.5 million euros, +24%), blueberry (132 million +48%).

As for vegetable imports, they experienced a 5% decline, 583 million euros due to a 15% drop in potato imports (174 million euros, or 30% of the total. It is followed by tomato with 101 million euros, or 6%. At the vegetable level, imports remained stable at a rate of 967,132 tons as in 2019.