Spain has sold nearly half of the fresh and refrigerated peppers bought by the European Union (EU) during the first six months of 2015, according to data from the statistical service Euroestacom (Icex-Eurostat) with codes of the Tariff Integrated of the European Communities (TARIC).
Spanish pepper sales to its partners in the EU have amounted to 322.13 million kilos, which is 44.43 percent of the EU's total imports during the first half of the year (724.99 million kilos).
The second largest supplier has been the Netherlands, with 153 million kilos (21.1%), while Morocco has been third in the ranking, with 64.18 million kilos, 8.85 percent of the total.
Israel ranks fourth, with 42.28 million kilos (5.83%), and in fifth place we find Germany, with 33.36 million kilos, 4.6 percent of the total.
Value
The income generated by Spain from the sale of peppers to other EU Member States amounted to 501.19 million euros. For their part, the Netherlands obtained 323.78 million euros; Morocco, 72.32 million and Israel and Germany have made 53.86 and 65.38 million, respectively.
Price
Looking at the EU's five largest pepper suppliers, the best price was obtained by the Netherlands, with an average of 2.12 euros per kilo, followed by Germany, with 1.96, Spain, with 1.56, Israel, with 1.27 and lastly Morocco, which has sold its peppers in the EU at an average price of 1.13 euros per kilo.
Provinces
The province of Almeria has been the leading exporter for this vegetable, selling 271.52 million kilos of peppers to the EU (Spain not included), which is 84.28 percent of the country's total exports. This entails that Almeria has sold to the EU 77.46 percent more peppers than the Netherlands and 323.06 percent more than Morocco, according to data from the statistical service Estacom (Icex-Tax Agency), with TARIC codes.
The second largest supplier has been the province of Murcia, with 50.65 million kilos, followed by Valencia, with 19.93 million kilos, Barcelona, with 19.36 million kilos and Alicante, which has sold 16.36 million kilos of peppers to the EU during the first half of the year.
In terms of value, Almeria also ranks first with 327.82 million euros, followed by Murcia, which made 82.68 million euros; Valencia, with 32.16 million; Alicante, with 26.74, and Barcelona, with 13.57 million euros.
The province obtaining the best price from the 5 major exporters has been Alicante, with 1.635 euros per kilo, followed by Murcia, with 1.632, Valencia, with 1.61, Almeria, with 1.21 and lastly Barcelona, which has sold its peppers to the EU at an average price of 0.7 euros per kilo.
It is worth noting, however, that there is a discrepancy between the Estacom and Euroestacom data for Spain's total exports between 1 January and 30 June 2015 (72.39 million kilos), possibly due to the fact that Eurostat takes slightly longer to record data for all countries than the tax agency in Spain.
Source: hortoinfo.es