Extenda reports on the Perspectives of the Chinese Market for the Agri-Food Sector

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The Chinese government has proclaimed victory in the battle against the coronavirus and the country's activity has largely returned to normal.

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For this reason, the Andalusian Foreign Promotion Agency, Extenda, in the new strategy of promoting online actions derived from the extraordinary situation that companies are going through, has organized a webinar under the title “Perspectives of the Chinese Market after COVID-19 for the Agri-Food Sector.” 

 

agri-food exports from Andalusia reached 2.147 million euros in the first two months of 2020, its second best historical record for a January-February period since comparable data exists (1995), thanks to an interannual growth of 1,4%, according to data from Extenda-Andalusian Foreign Promotion Agency, entity dependent on the Ministry of the Presidency, Public Administration and Interior.

 

With this figure, the community remains the leader in Spanish agri-food and beverage exports, concentrating almost one in four euros (24%) of national sales between January and February (8.828 million), ahead of Catalonia (20%) and the Valencian Community (14,7%).

 

In the first two months of 2020, the main agri-food products sold by Andalucía at the international market They are vegetables, with 928 million exported, 43% of the total, which grow 9,4% compared to January-February 2019; and fruits, with 424 million, 19,8% and one of the highest growth of this period, 17,1%. In third place is olive oil, with 296 million, 13,8% of the total, which is down 28,6% year-on-year.

The fourth chapter of sales is that of canned fruit and vegetables, with 116 million, 5,4% of the total, and an increase of 0,8%; followed by cereals and milling products, with 48 million, 2,2%, which decreased by 18,2%; frozen meat and offal, with 39 million (1,8%), which is the star of another of the great increases in this period, with 36% more; fish and seafood, with 37 million (1,7%) and a decrease of -11,8%; other fats and oils, with 36 million (1,7%) and growth of 23,6%; fresh meat and offal, with 28,3 million (1,3%), increasing by 35%; and nuts, with 27,8 million (1,3%) and an increase of 51%.

The provinces in which fruits and vegetables have the greatest weight in their agricultural production, such as Huelva, Almería, Málaga and Granada, are the ones that grow the most, while those in which olive oil has the greatest representation suffer a drop in sales. .

In this context, Almeria continues as the leader of Andalusia's agri-food exports, with 854 million euros sold between January and February, 40% of the total, and a growth of 8,1% year-on-year, the third highest among the provinces. They are followed by Seville, with 372 million, 17,3%, whose sales fell by -13,8%; and Huelva, the province that grew the most in this period, with an increase of 11,9% to 263 million, 12,2% of the total.

Malaga It is in fourth place, with 194 million, 9% and an increase of 8%; followed by Granada, with 155 million (7,2%) and the second highest growth in January-February, 8,6%; Cordoba, with 133 million (6,2%) and a decrease of 15%; Cadiz, with another 133 million (6,2%), which rose 3,5%; and Jaen, with 43 million (2%) and a decrease of 20,6%.

Europe It is the main destination for agri-food sales in Andalusia, in whose main markets it manages to continue increasing exports in the first two months of 2020. Germany, It is the destination that is growing the most, 11,4% compared to January-February 2019, up to 420 million, 19,6% of the total. They follow him France, which registered an increase of 3,8% to 250 million, 11,6%; United Kingdom, with an increase of 4,1% to 232 million, 10,8% of the total; and Netherlands, the market that is growing the most in the top ten with an increase of 17,7% to 202 million, 9,4% of the total.

Its fifth market is Italy, with 165 million sold in this period, 7,7% of the total, which represents a year-on-year decrease of 32%, due to the drop in olive oil to a country that in February was already affected by the COVID-19 crisis ; and the sixth is Portugal, with 140 million (6,5%) and a growth of 5,8%.
United States, the first non-EU market, with 93 million (4,3%), fell 12,5%. It follows Poland, with 79 million (3,7%) and the second largest increase in the Top 10 markets, 13,2%; Belgium, with 52 million (2,4%) and a decrease of 1,5%; and Sweden, with 37 million (1,7%) and an increase of 9,5%.