Almeria is being hailed the most outstanding Andalusian province in terms of export; €1,810 million in sales of fruit and vegetables went abroad during the first eight months of the year.
This is almost half of the exports carried out by this particular sector in the province as a whole (47 per cent), despite a slight decrease of 0.4 per cent on the same period last year. And it suggests Almeria contributes one out of every two euros sold by the autonomous community abroad.
The data was provided by the Ministry of Economy and Business, and prepared for Andalucia by Extenda-Andalucian Agency for Foreign Promotion.
This all was broken down in an article on euroweeklynews.com: tomatoes represent the largest exported item with 466 million of them sold (12 per cent of the total globally), followed by strawberries at 461 million (11.8 per cent global), and peppers with 444 million (11.4 per cent).
In fourth place are raspberries and blackberries with 298 million (7.2 per cent), followed by melons, watermelons and papayas with 283 million (7.3 per cent) and blueberries, bilberries and other fruits of the same genre, at 269 million (6.9 per cent).
