Tomato exports from Spain to the UK over the last marketing campaign remained at pre-Brexit levels according to local industry sources.
Luis Miguel Fernández, Manager of the Association of Organizations of Fruit and Vegetable Producers of Almería (Coexphal), commented to Agrodiario that it was “as if there had been no Brexit” in terms of volume.
According to some figures, some fruit and vegetable exports to the UK have actually increased by as much as five per cent. Mr Fernández believes that despite the increased cost and bureaucracy of doing exports, non-EU countries had difficulty in meeting the UK’s phytosanitary requirements and buyers in the UK preferred dealing with existing supply chains.
However, he did express concerns that some of the market could be lost following the recent export agreement between the UK and Morocco.