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It consolidates the upward trend of the exports hortofrutícolas Spanish

23/10/2012

23 October 2012

The Spanish export of fruit and vegetables in August increased 11% in volume and 28% in value in regard to the same month of the previous year, totalizando 662.059 tonnes and 518 million euros respectively. Like this it gives off of the last up to date data until August by the Department of Customs and Special Taxles and that reflect, as FEPEX, that the upward trend in the export of fruit and vegetables consolidates .

The value of the export of vegetables in August increased 23% in regard to the same month of the year 2011, until the102 million euros, being the tomato the main hortaliza exported with 28,3 million euros. The value of the export of fruit rose to 416,4 million euros (+30%), being the peach the main product exported with 72,5 million euros.

In the accumulated of January to August of the year in course and compared with the same period of the previous year, the export increased 7% in volume, registering 7,3 million tonnes and 5% in value, that is to say, 3.776 million euros. The export of vegetables until the past month of August situated in 2,8 million tonnes (+5%) by a value of 2.579 million euros (+8%). The export of fruit elevated to 4,5 million tonnes (+9%) by a value of 1.857 million euros (+7%).

For FEPEX, the maintenance of the positive evolution of the export of fruit and vegetables that observes in August, requires a political incentivadora of the employment and of the investment in the sector. In the field of the community politics, FEPEX considers indispensable that the new PAC finish with the discrimination and the distortions of the current competition.

Photo: Dale Jackson.

The sector of fruit and vegetables gathers of 24 October until 26 October in Fruit Attraction

The contest, organised by Fepex and Ifema, that will celebrate in Madrid, has 597 display units, 9% more than the past year. Fruit Attraction, that celebrates his IV edition, is turning into a big centre of businesses for the companies expositoras and visitors. 78% of the display units are producing and trading companies of fruit and vegetables and 22% are companies of the auxiliary industry and of goods and services. The visitors are professional of all the links that integrate the sector, with a majority participation of the distribution what does that the commercial aim of the companies participants fulfil . Fruit Attraction is turning into An important instrument of promotion of the sector of fruit and vegetables Spanish, that contributes of decisive way to the internationalisation of the sector.

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