Sales of passion fruit, avocado and mango to Spain grew strongly in the first half of 2026
Colombia is diversifying its fruit exports to Spain thanks to growing demand for products such as physalis, passion fruit, tree tomato, lulo, sweet granadilla, guava, and dragon fruit.
The country brought a delegation of 17 companies to showcase its diverse fruit offer at this year’s Fruit Attraction. This included Corpohass (the Hass avocado industry association) and 10 of its member companies, alongside Caribbean Exotics, Nuticol, Novacampo, Tropigold, Asoriofio, the Santa Marta Regional Port Society, and the Cartagena Regional Port Society.
Purple passion fruit recorded Spanish sales of US$666,000 between January and July 2026, nearly doubling the export value seen in 2024.
Meanwhile, Hass avocado remains Colombia’s star performer, accounting for 27 percent of Spanish purchases of fresh Colombian fruit between January and July 2026, with sales totalling US$12.5mn – a 29.6 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year. Bananas and plantain lead the field in terms of economic value, with sales over the same period totalling over US$18.3mn. Together, they represent 39 per cent of all Colombian fresh fruit exports to Spain. Meanwhile, mango exports continue to expand strongly, recording 19.2 per cent growth between January and July 2026 and reaching a value of US$1.3mn.
In Colombia, 70 per cent of avocado growers are classified as very small-scale producers. According to Corpohass, sustainability is a cornerstone of Hass avocado cultivation in the country.
“The sector operates under strict environmental regulations that ensure the sustainable management of resources such as water and soil. The industry generates over 16,000 direct jobs in production areas and more than 48,000 indirect jobs, spanning the entire production and export supply chain,” it said. “Colombia is the seventh-rainiest country in the world, and the majority of the water used for Hass avocado crops comes from rainfall.”
