FROM TODAY AND UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY, 2.543 EXHIBITORS OF 78 COUNTRIES PRESENT THEIR PRODUCTS IN BERLIN.

“Today at FRUIT LOGISTICA, tomorrow on grocery store shelves.” This is how this leading international fruit and vegetable trade fair can be summarized from the point of view of commerce and consumers.. Canarian productions will be represented.

A few 55.000 high-level professionals 120 countries will attend this event in Berlin. The 90 percent of exhibitors and a 80 percent of professionals come from abroad. This makes FRUIT LOGISTICA one of the most international fairs in the world..

According to current data from Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbh (AMI), Bonn, in the year 2012 were produced around the world around 860 million tons of vegetables (no melons) and some 730 million tons of fruit (including melons). Both fruit and vegetable production have not stopped increasing in recent years..

THE EU is, on a global scale, the main region in the world importing fresh fruits. According to provisional data, in 2012 Similar quantities to those of the previous year have been imported from third countries. In the case of stone fruit and banana, the quantity imported has decreased. The import of fresh vegetables from the EU is of minor importance, but there is very intense trade between the countries of the EU itself. The USA and Russia are other important countries for the export of fruits and vegetables outside Europe..

Fruit harvesting in the EU was somewhat lower in 2012 from 2012/13, reaching the 34 million tonnes, eight percent less than the previous year. Especially stone and seed fruits were poor harvests., Just like the harvest of kiwi and forest fruits was somewhat smaller. Citrus did not present better results either., smaller quantities being harvested. Harvest 2012 Vegetables in the EU also show a nearly three percent reduction compared to the previous year., with about 61 million tonnes.

According to German statistical data, each household acquired on average 158,2 kg of fresh fruits and vegetables; one percent less with 87,9 kilos of fruits, but they had to pay three percent more on the price. fresh vegetables (70,3 kilos per household) They also recorded fewer sales, the decline in that specific case reached only one percent. Consumer spending increased only four percent.

in the top ten (10+) Of the types of fruit and vegetables preferred by Germans, the tomato marks distances with 11,3 kilos, carrots (8,4 kg), onions (7,3 kg), cucumbers (7,1 kg), Peppers (5,6 kg), iceberg lettuce (3,0 kg), cauliflower (2,3 kg), asparagus (2,3 kg), leeks (1,6 kg) and zucchini (1,4 kg).

The quantities of fruits purchased by each household were in 2012: apples 20 kilos, bananas (15,2 kg), oranges (9,8 kg), easy peeler (7,0 kg), grapes (4,5 kg), melons (3,8 kg), strawberries (3,7 kg), nectarines 83,3 kg), pear (3,0 kg) and pineapples (2,4 kg).

The slogan already says it: “If you are not in Fruit Logistica, you don't exist”.