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Spain leads organic agriculture in Europe by area
Spain is the leader of organic agricultural area in Europe and occupies the fifth place in the global ranking of largest areas for organic agriculture with 2.01 million hectares. This information cames from “Spanish Organic Sector 2018”, an Ecological inform. Organic agricultural area and crops After a year of strong growth in the registered organic agricultural area in 2014-2015 with an increase of 18.34%, this trend slowed down in the 2015-2016 period, with a growth of just 2.5%, the equivalent of 50,000 hectares. The 2.01 million hectares have ranked Spain as the European...
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One of the main features of the Spanish organic sector is the high level of internationalization which has allowed large increases in both exports and imports. Exports of Spanish organic products reached €890 million in 2016 and imports reached €596 million. These statistics represent an export growth rate of 51% in the last five years and 196% in the case of imports. In the last year, exports grew to around 14.5% compared to the previous year, from €778 million in 2015 and €891 million in 2016, while imports continue an even higher growth rate with an increase of 38.3% in the same period....
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