Morocco’s sweet pepper export was among rare goods to increase from July to November 2023, after shipping 48 tons, rising by 9% year-on-year. The vegetable primarily goes to EU Countries, the UK, and Sub-Saharan countries, reported “East Fruit” on Thursday.
However, Morocco’s cucumber exports remain stagnant at 6.7 tons y-o-y, after tripling export levels between 2017-2022.
On the other hand, tomato exports decreased drastically by 20%, to 206,000 tons, despite the fact that Morocco is the world’s third largest exporter of fruit.
Climate change, drought and other natural disasters that Morocco faced last year played a large part in “maintaining” the growth rates.
Morocco’s greenhouse business, which makes the Kingdom hundreds of millions of euros per year, generated $266 million from tomato exports alone in 2022, with an additional 30 Mln dollars from sweet pepper and cucumber exports.
It is also worth noting that the EU nations are the primary customers of Moroccan greenhouse goods. They comprised over 70% of total tomato, sweet pepper, and cucumber demand between July and November of last year. The UK and Sub-Saharan African nations are the second and third most significant markets, accounting for 16.5% and 12%, respectively.