Spain’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports continued to increase through the first half of 2017. According to figures from the Ministry of Economy’s Customs and Excise Department, processed by Fepex, fresh produce exports grew just over 6 per cent in value.
Fruit exports increased in both value and volume. Vegetable exports, while increasing in value by 8.35 per cent to €3.35bn, actually fell in volume to just over 3m tonnes.