A report prepared by Hortoinfo with data from the EuroStacom statistical services (ICEX-Eurostat) reveals that 31% of the tomatoes sold in the first quarter of the year in the EU came from Morocco and that the tomatoes from Spain only accounted for 25% of the tomatoes sold in the EU in that period. This is, in fact, the first time in history that Morocco sells more tomatoes than Spain in the EU in the first three months of the year.
Between January 1 and March 31, 2023, Spain sold 160.94 million kilos of tomatoes on EU markets, i.e., 67.33 million kilos less than in the same months of 2021 (-29.5%). In value, tomato sales stood at 309 million euro, i.e., 40.21 million euro less than in 2021 (-11.51%).
In the same period, Morocco sold 196.48 million kilos of tomatoes in the EU, i.e., 17.45 million kilos more than in the first quarter of 2021 (+9.74%). The value of Moroccan tomatoes increased by +62.43%, going from 220.8 million euro in the first three months of 2021 to 358.65 million euro in the same period of 2023.
Meanwhile, in the first three months of this year, Turkey sold 89.7 million kilos of tomatoes worth 140.61 million euro. It was followed by France with 55.17 million kilos for 114.42 million euro, the Netherlands with 54.08 million kilos for 167.83 million euro, Germany with 22.95 million kilos for 64.8 million euro, and Italy with 15.21 million kilos for 40.44 million euro.
Source: hortoinfo.es