Centre will serve as a strategic location for company’s avocado operation, sorting and packing fruit for the international market
Spanish tropical fruit specialist Trops celebrated the official inauguration of its newly expanded facility in Tavira, Portugal last month.
The 7,195m2 centre, which originally served as a receiving point for local product destined for the company’s Malaga packhouse, will now sort and pack avocados for the international market. Trops said this would reinforce the efficiency, sustainability, and competitiveness of the Portuguese fruit sector.
“The main objective of these facilities in Portugal is to be close to Portuguese farmers, providing them with support throughout all stages of their production cycle. The goal is to offer partners a comprehensive model that encompasses production, organisation, and marketing, with a strong focus on quality, sustainability, technological innovation, and the guarantee of fair marketing, providing consumers with excellent quality avocados,” the company said.
Government and institutional representatives and strategic partners attended a ceremony held on 18 June to celebrate the opening of the new facility.
Trops president José Linares said the company is committed to supporting the agricultural potential of southern Portugal. “This investment represents more than a physical expansion; it is a firm step in consolidating Trops,” he said, adding that it would guarantee Portugese farmers “a fair and sustainable marketing channel”.
Víctor Luque, managing director of Trops, described the inauguration as “a strategic milestone”.
“This reinforces our company’s commitment to innovation, sustainability and the growth of national production,” he said.
Pedro Valadas Monteiro, vice president of the Algarve Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR), noted that “the future of the Algarve lies in a more diversified economy, in which agriculture takes on an increasingly strategic role”.
He continued: “Investments such as this expansion of Trops are fundamental because they strengthen territorial cohesion, create local value, and reduce overdependence on tourism. Furthermore, they demonstrate how organising farmers around solid cooperative structures is essential to ensuring scale, access to markets, and fairer conditions for production and distribution. Valuing organised agriculture therefore means valuing the territory and those who work it with vision and resilience.”
