ISHS Acta Horticulturae 155: VIII Symposium on Horticultural Economics
SPANISH ACCESSION TO THE EEC PROSPECTS FOR TEMPERATE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES |
| Author: | L. Hinton |
| Abstract:
Taking Britain as an example of an EEC-importer it is seen that though a large range of temperate imports of fruit and vegetables enter Britain, two commodities have large shares. These are tomatoes and apples, each 29 % of imports by value. In West Germany, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers account for over 50% of vegetable imports by volume, while apples are almost 40 % of the non-citrus imports of fresh fruit-so a very few commodities, apples, tomatoes, onions and cucumbers account for most of the North European imports of fruit and vegetables. Spain is established in the European trade in fruit and vegetables despite the disadvantages of present EEC policy. Spain is second in this trade, not far behind Italy. On accession, Spain will find her situation in trade with other EEC countries completely the reverse of her present one, one of marked advantage as distinct from the present one of penalties on imports. This paper follows up the implications of Spanish entry to the EEC in the temperate fruit and vegetable sector - the Northern countries of the EEC, and focuses on the likely prospects for Spain in the fruit, salad vegetable and field vegetable sector. | |
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