date:Mar 07, 2014
Last year, Almeria's dried fruit sector exported 3.66 million kilos of almonds in 134 business operations; a 5% increase in volume compared to 2012. Furthermore, thanks to the behaviour of prices in foreign markets, the turnover amounted to 22.85 million Euro, 45.2% more than in the previous campaign. In terms of value, Almeria's dried fruit sector is the largest in Andalusia and the fifth largest in Spain, with a 6.1% share in the domestic market, as stressed by the regional delegate of Andalus