Morocco increased its tomato exports to the European Union by 17.8% during the 2021-2022 season, with sales reaching €749.11 million.
The European Statistics Agency, through the Euroestacom tool (Icex-Eurostat), revealed that during this season, Morocco is the third supplier of tomatoes to the European Union in terms of volume, as it sold 520.09 million kilograms worth 749.11 million euros, at an average price of 1.44 euros per kilo.
France ranks fourth among the tomato supplying countries to the EU, with 224.66 million kilograms, worth 379.18 million euros and an average price of 1.69 euros per kilogram, ahead of Turkey, which is ranked fifth among the countries exporting this agricultural product with a volume of 188.54 million kilograms, with a value of 206.7 million euros and an average price of 1.1 euros per kilogram. .
Of the total volume of tomatoes imported by EU member states during the current season, amounting to 4,401.73 million euros, at an average price of 1.69 euros per kilo, the share of Morocco’s exports was 19.99%, while the share imported from the Netherlands (the main supplier of the European Union) 22.49%, then Spain 21.37%.
This increase in Moroccan tomato exports comes in light of a decrease in the Netherlands’ exports of this agricultural product by 24.7%, while Spanish tomato exports increased by 3.56%.
In general, during the current season, a significant decrease in the EU’s imports of tomatoes by 2.55%, from 2,670.34 million kilograms in the 2020-2021 season to 2,602.13 in 2021-2022.
In the same context, figures issued by the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance showed that Morocco’s vegetable exports reached about 1.6 million tons, with an estimated growth of 13%. Tomatoes topped the list of exports with about 670,000 tons.
According to the same source, the value of the agricultural sector and food industries exports at the end of last July exceeded MAD 50 billion as a transaction number, compared to MAD 40 billion in the same period last year.
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