The Spanish export of fresh fruits and vegetables in 2017 increased by 1% compared to 2016, totaling 12,704 million euros. In volume, they registered an increase of 0.5%, standing at 12.6 million tons, according to data from the General Directorate of Customs, made public on February 21, not meeting the initial growth forecasts, due to the retreat of the months of November and December, also slowing down the growth rate in relation to 2016 and 2015.

VI.P-Apples Val Venosta has announced, during its participation in the Fruit Attraction fair, the changes that have taken place in its organizational structure and organization chart, offer of varieties and packaging, to adapt to a market in continuous change.

The forecasts of this campaign in bone fruit point to a recovery of normal levels of production, compared to a previous campaign in which production was low because of adverse weather. Thus, and according to the estimates of the different Autonomous Communities, analyzed in the meeting held on May 17 by the general director of Productions and Agricultural Markets of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Fernando Miranda, with the organizations Representative of the horticultural sector, production is expected to increase compared to last year 2016 for all products of the sector such as peach, nectarine, paraguay, apricot and cherry, with the exception of plums.