With 311 exhibitors Spain was the second-largest exhibiting country at this year’s Fruit Logistica.
Spain is the second largest European fruit and vegetable producer after Italy.
In 2005, it produced nearly 20 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables, amounting to 62 per cent of the country's entire agricultural production and yielding sales of E1 billion. Nearly half of the volume produced (more than 9mt) was sold on export markets.
The UK was the third largest importer of Spanish product (14 per cent), after Germany (25 per cent) and France (20 per cent).
Nearly 90 per cent of Spain’s vegetable exports are from the autonomous regions of Andalusia, Valencia, Murcia and the Canary Islands and 96 per cent of fruit exports come from Andalusia, Valencia, Extremadura, Murcia and Catalonia.
