This trend is highlighted by a recent analysis by the Spanish media Horto Info based on data from the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX). According to the figures, Spanish purchases of tomatoes from international suppliers have decreased overall by 15.4% in the first half of the last three years, from 69.66 million kilos in 2022 to 58.92 million kilos in 2024. This reduction has been accompanied by an increase in the average price, which has gone from 1.26 euros per kilo to 1.36 euros per kilo.
Despite this decline, Morocco remains Spain’s main supplier of tomatoes, accounting for 50.86% of total tomato imports in the first half of 2024. However, this figure is significantly lower than in 2022, when the Kingdom exported 48.09 million kilos of tomatoes to Spain. In 2024, this volume fell to 29.97 million kilos. In terms of value, Moroccan sales brought in €42.39 million at an average price of €1.41 per kilo, compared to €59.84 million at €1.24 per kilo in 2022.
Portugal, the second largest supplier of tomatoes to Spain, took advantage of this Moroccan reduction to strengthen its position in the Spanish market. Imports from Portugal reached 17.61 million kilos in the first half of 2024, representing almost 30% of total Spanish tomato imports. In 2022, this figure was only 8.7 million kilos. This rapid growth generated a turnover of 21.71 million euros, with an average price of 1.23 euros per kilo.
The Netherlands, for its part, maintains its position as the third supplier with a slight decline of 5% in volumes exported to Spain, settling at 6.2 million kilos in 2024. The average price of Dutch tomatoes increased to 1.61 euros per kilo, compared to 1.55 euros in 2022.
In fourth place, Belgium exported 1.95 million kilos of tomatoes to Spain, for a value of 1.69 million euros and an average price of 0.86 euros per kilo. France, for its part, is in fifth place, with more modest sales of 1.008 million kilos, bringing in 0.92 million euros at an average price of 0.84 euros per kilo.
