ANALYSIS OF SPANISH EXPORTS OF EARLY POTATOES

The study was based on the following data, expressed both in absolute and relative (%) terms:

• Total and monthly exports.
• Exports by destination countries and their associations.
• Exports by types of packing.
• Exports by means of transport.
• Exports by mode of sale.
• Exports by Inspection Centre (CICE).
• Exports by exporting companies and areas.

In the 1983 season exports from the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands amounted to 45,695 Tm, which represented a 23% decrease vc.60,964 Tm in 1982. Exports from the Canary Islands on the other hand, amounted to 7,418 Tm in 1983, with a 71% increase over 1982 exports, which amounted to 4,330 Tm.

The total national figure was 53, 113 Tm in 1983 vs. 65,294 Tm in 1982, which represent nearly a 29% decrease.

The highest export figures are those of April and May for produce from the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and March and April (May in 1982) for those of the Canary Islands.

The main destination countries for exports from the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands were the United Kingdom and France, and mainly the U.K. for Canarian potatoes.

The produce is usually packed in jute sacks of 20 kg capacity and in stiffened-paper sacks of 15 kg capacity for exports from the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and in sacks of 25 and 12,5 kg capacity for potatoes from the Canary Islands.

The shippings were mostly made by road, railway and sea in a decreasing order from the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, while 100% of the Canarian produce was sent by sea.

Sales were mostly done on a commission basis, but there

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