Morocco in World’s Top-3 Tomato Exporters, EastFruit

Morocco ranked third globally in tomato exports in 2022, showing the largest increase in exports in a year with more than 17%, EastFruit reported.
The North African country is outranking Iran and Spain.
Morocco’s exports of tomatoes to the United Kingdom reached 140,000 tons in 2022.
Moroccan tomato exporters managed to expand the vegetable sales season in 2022, which resulted in an overall annual increase in supplies.
Morocco showed its competitiveness thanks to improved logistics, which made it possible to quickly fill the shortage of tomatoes in the UK market that was due to the energy crisis.
The share of Moroccan tomato imports to the UK has tripled over the past 5 years.
Morocco’s supplies to the French markets are gradually decreasing from year to year, while sales to British consumers are steadily growing, added EastFruit.