Data from Spain’s Customs and Excise Department shows EU markets performing well, with Germany, France and Portugal registering significant value increases despite mixed volume results
Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable exports to the EU climbed 1 per cent to 5.7mn tonnes during the first half of 2025.
That is according to data from the country’s Customs and Excise Department, processed by Fepex.
Global exports for the period remained at levels similar to those of 2024, at 6.6mn tonnes, with non-EU shipments falling by 5 per cent.
Within the EU, Germany and France were the markets that grew the most, by 2 per cent and 3 per cent in volume and 13 per cent and 10 per cent in value respectively.
The country’s fruit and vegetable exports to Germany reached 1.8mn tonnes, registering a year-on-year growth of 2 per cent, and a value of €3.269bn, an increase of 13 per cent.
Exports to France also grew, up 3 per cent in volume to 1.2mn tonnes, and by 10 per cent in value to €1.735bn.
Fepex confirmed that these were the EU markets that performed best during the period analysed, along with Portugal, which, although smaller, also grew by 7 per cent in volume to 419,678 tonnes, and 14 per cent in value to €462mn.
By contrast, the Netherlands – the third largest EU market for the Spanish sector – saw a decrease in volume to 515,855 tonnes (down 3 per cent), although value increased 8 per cent to €893mn.
This was also the case in Italy, where fruit and vegetable exports fell by 5 per cent, reaching 335,634 tonnes, but value climbed 7 per cent to €520mn.
Outside the EU, fruit and vegetable exports fell by 1 per cent to 1.07mn tonnes, while value increased 1 per cent to €1.989bn.
The UK, Spain’s largest non-EU fresh produce market, saw a decline in volume of 3 per cent to 739,670 tonnes, although value increased 1 per cent to €1.383bn.
