date:Dec 25, 2013
kilos. In terms of expenditure, both fruit and vegetables experienced drops; the former fell by 0.7% and the latter by 1.1%.
Regarding potatoes, consumption grew by around 1%, while their value increased by 10.5% compared to October 2012, with a total of 89.8 million kilos and 65.8 million Euro.
Between January and October 2013, a total of 7,361 million kilos of fruit and vegetables were consumed; a similar figure to that registered in 2012. Potato consumption levels reached 1.6 million kilos