date:Dec 24, 2018
as been some pressure on the prices. These countries supply cheaper avocados, but the Spanish ones are usually more attractive to European companies due to the flexibility in the supply and the fruit's freshness, according to an exporter.
Spain has around 10,000 hectares of avocados, with an average yield of 6,000 tons per hectare. Around 12% of that production corresponds to the Canary Islands. The largest production area is that of La Axarqua, in Malaga. Due to water shortages and extremely h