According to data from the Estacom statistical service (ICEX- Tax Agency), 7 out of every 10 eggplants that Spain exported in the 2013/2014 season (from September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014) came from the province of Almeria.
Almeria produced 100.42 million kilos of the 141.3 million kilos of eggplants that Spain exported this season, i.e. 71.07 percent. Almeria's eggplant export value amounted to $94.37 million Euro and had an average price of $0.94 Euro per kilo.
The second most important province was Barcelona, with 13.05 million kilos (9.24%) and $4.39 million Euro, followed by Valencia in third place, with 10.55 million kilos (7.47%) worth $11.04 million Euro.
Alicante ranks fourth, followed by Murcia, Castellon, Navarra, Girona, Madrid and Malaga, which closes the list of the top ten eggplant exporting provinces.
Autonomous communities
Andalusia is the region that exported the most eggplant with 101.34 million kilos, 71.72 per cent of total exports from Spain. Valencia followed with 20.98 million kilos (14.85%) and Catalonia, with 13.89 million kilos, 9.83 percent of total Spanish.
Source: Hortoinfo