Exports of recent vegetables and fruit moved in a constructive route within the first quarter of 2024, with their worth growing by 5.8% in comparison with the identical interval in 2023, based on knowledge from ELSTAT, which was processed by the Affiliation of Greek Enterprises Export, Distribution of Fruits, Greens and Juices INCOFRUIT-HELLAS.
The typical promoting worth per weight unit elevated by 24.5% based on the identical knowledge.
Nonetheless, Greek exports fell by 15% in quantity, reaching 458,557 tons in comparison with 539,671 tons within the first quarter of 2023.
Within the January-March 2024 interval, vegetable shipments elevated by 3.5% in quantity in comparison with the identical months of 2023, whereas the worth confirmed a marginal improve (0.3%), reaching 93.83 million euros.
In fruit, the export quantity decreased by 18.7% however confirmed a rise of seven.2%, reaching 365,185 tons and 422.1 million euros, because of the improve of the common worth by 31.9%.
In line with the official knowledge of ELSTAT, in January 2024 there was a lower in exports in comparison with the corresponding month of 2023 by -18.2%. However the weighted common export costs have improved by 30.69% over the identical interval final 12 months.
The market was sluggish in February as exports fell 11.5% in quantity, whereas the weighted common worth rose 23.6%, in comparison with the identical month in 2024.
Lastly, in March, because of the closure of the passage via the Purple Sea, a 15.1% lower in exports was recorded in quantity, whereas common unit costs elevated by 20.4%.
In an announcement to the Athenian-Macedonian Information Company, the particular advisor of the Affiliation, Giorgos Polychronakis, said, amongst different issues, that the excessive price of manufacturing and buying and selling of fruit and greens “has improved barely, however stays very excessive, not contributing to the competitiveness of our merchandise” and added “Regardless of the swelling of the general commerce deficit within the first quarter of 2024, our agricultural steadiness nonetheless exhibits a surplus of 205.804 million euros.”
Imports
Quite the opposite, the figures regarding the imports of vegetables and fruit are worrying.
Within the first three months of this 12 months, extra fruit and greens had been imported +17.1% in quantity and by 20.9% in worth in comparison with the identical interval in 2023 “reversing the tendencies of the earlier two years serving to to restrict the excess of steadiness” based on Mr. Polychronakis.
In line with his estimates, “there’s a threat that crops will likely be deserted and the provision chain will likely be changed by low-cost imported merchandise from third international locations that don’t meet the necessities requested by European producers (plant-sanitary, social, high quality requirements, and many others.) if not well timed measures be taken by each the European Union and the Greek State”.
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