Fepex, the Spanish Federation of Associations of Exporting Producers of Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants, has requested that safe corridors be reinforced during the stoppage of transport and effective measures are applied to allow the transport of fresh fruit and vegetables from the production areas to the national and foreign markets.
And it is that according to Fepex, during the weekend and from some of the main fruit and vegetable production and export areas such as Almería, the trucks were able to leave thanks to the brokers, but right now there is no normal.
«The problems continue, with which delays continue to occur in deliveries at destination, and accumulation of merchandise in the field and in cold storage, for those products that allow it, among other damage to the export of fruit and vegetables, “they say.
Red fruit sector
In the industry of strawberry and red fruits, extremely perishable products, less product is already being collected, who stays in the field and is considered lost, making the situation extremely serious. This month is also one of the strongest for strawberry exports, with 80,757 tons in March of last year, the majority sent abroad by road.
The export of fruit and vegetables in the month of March is between 1.2 and 1.3 million tons, 94% of them by road. Along with strawberries and red fruits, which are one of the most exported fruits this month, a wide range of vegetables is sent abroad, such as tomatoes, with 92,940 tons; pepper, with 108,093 tons; lettuce with 102,067 tons and cabbages, with 81,207 tons, according to data from the Department of Customs and Special Taxes processed by Fepex.
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