DIARIO DEL PUERTO COLD CHAIN LOGISTICS - FRUIT LOGISTICA 2022 8 ALBA TEJERA The Spanish fruit and vegetable industry continues to look to Europe, and it is doing so more and more, mainly as a result of the slump in Spanish primary industry exports outside the borders of the European Union. Sales of fresh fruit and vegetables outside the EU fell by 9% last year compared to 2020, standing at €520 million, and accounting for 3% of Spain’s total exports. These are the latest figures published by the Spanish Federation of Producers and Exporters of Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (FEPEX) on Spanish fruit and vegetable exports and imports. These figures also reveal that exports to the European SPAIN’S FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRY LOOKS TO EUROPE Spain exported 13,090,715 tonnes of fruit and vegetables last year. Photo: Alba Tejera. According to FEPEX, the figures once again reveal the scarce alternatives that non-European markets offer Spanish fruit and vegetables
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