Andalusia, national leader in fruit and vegetable exports
Fruit Attraction has celebrated its 10th edition, the international fair for the fruit and vegetable sector has brought together more than 1600 companies from more than 120 countries, including more than 100 Andalusian companies supported by Extenda.
Andalucía stays like national leader of fruit and vegetable exports with more than 3800 billion euros in the first 8 months of 2018, reaching an increase of 1,1%. Fruit Attraction “It is a showcase of our fruit and vegetable companies worldwide and in that sense it is very important because we have top quality products that are demanded in foreign markets as demonstrated by the export figures, which we do not stop breaking records,” he stated. Lina Gálvez, Minister of Knowledge, Research and University of the Junta de Andalucía.
Organized by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (FEPEX) and IFEMA, more than 70 thousand professionals from the sector present new developments in a space that is consolidated as internationalization platform. “It has become an unavoidable event,” he commented. Mabel Salinas, representative of the Caparrós Group, in this he agrees Juan María Rodríguez, manager of Flor de Doñana , who has stated that Fruit Attraction It is that “meeting point where you can meet people of many nationalities at the same time”, which for José Martín, representative of Hortícola Guadalfeo, allows “above all to close businesses and meet new clients.”
The one of Andalucía It is a continued growth, in 2017 exports of fruits and vegetables increased by 5,8% compared to 2016. In general, Spanish exports exceeded 12700 billion euros last year.
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