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By Rafael I. Losilla In the last three years the chains of supermarkets of the United Kingdom have try to convince to sell to mass media and the consumers their bet on the production “made in UK”. The flags of the UK were multiplied in the stands of fruits and vegetables of the stores and groups like Tesco, Asda or Waitrose signed plans of loyalty with English and Irish growers. However, the reality is another one and the presence of the British supply of fruits and vegetables in the English chains is at the present day much smaller than it was when the XXI century began. At the beginning of the century the fruits and vegetables supply –including bulbs reached 43 per cent of the demand of the British market and at the end of 2008 it only reached 35 per cent; it means eight points less. that criticized most this farce has been the “Irish Farmers Association”, who always have had differences with the Tesco chain, that in Ireland is protected by the Keelings “category”. One year ago this association denounced that “the agreements of the Irish growers with the Tesco chain put the survival of many producers at risk because of the very aggressive strategy of prices and without margin for the businessmen”. The apple While the imports of vegetables increase in the United Kingdom, some fruit sendings have gained the confidence T H E D A T A The British chains use the banner of the production in UK only like a lure strategy The English chains affirm to have increased their operations and relations with the British producers of fruits and vegetables, but the reality is that the imports keep on raising and surpassing 5.2 million tons. The chains opted for import due to a competitiveness question. The Data The import was 65 per cent of the consumption of fruits and vegetables in the United Kingdom during 2008, eight points more than at the beginning of the XXI century. The British chains affirm to have improved their relations with the producers of fruits and vegetables in the United Kingdom, but the reality is that the imports increased 29 per cent in the period 2000-2008, whereas the internal commerce increased more than 13 per cent. Tesco is the chain that has had many problems with the British growers. of the English chains. It is the case of the apples. During the campaign 2009 Sainsbury´s was specially aggressive defending the English product, under the phrase “British and in season”. The English varieties Cox, Gala and Rubens were important in the stands of fruits and vegetables, until the point of which the association “English Apples & Pears” congratulated the chains Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Asda on the effort of promoting and sending the British supply of apples to the customers. 04 Evolution consumption fruit&veg in UK (Millions tons). Source: Defra. n
LEAF VEGETABLES IN SPAIN Commerce of leaf. Spain is in its place Spain is today the third leaf world-wide product producer and the first international supplier to the EU with 468,000 tons. The alternative to the Spanish supply from November to May comes from Italy and North Africa, mainly Tunisia that comes by the way of France and Italy. The Spanish supply of lettuce is sent to the whole Europe and it has an important situation in the international trade in spite of the decrease of the exports of 18 per cent in 2009. Spain monopolizes 50 per cent of the sendings or international operations of lettuce in the European Union with its 467,000 tons and is the reference of the demand in destinations like Poland, Austria or Germany. Spain keeps on being a reference place from November to May, coinciding in the months of October and May with the productions of the North of Europe –France, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland and the Czech Rep. and having like alternatives in the months from November to April the productions of Italy and the countries of North Africa, mainly Tunisia, that sends to the market of the EU more than 4,300 tons through Italy and France. Tunisia is not the only non communitarian supplier to the EU, although it is the fastest contributing nearly 3 per cent of the imports of lettuce to France. Egypt with 2,300 tons in 2009 and Morocco with 1,266 tons have joined to the operations with European operators. Egypt enters through Italy, while Morocco does it through France and Spain. Holland At the present day Holland is the second reference supplier of leaf products in the European market with its 95,000 tons exported –local production and re-export and with an own production nearly 85,000 tons focused on the months of summer. France, Germany, United Kingdom or Portugal are also countries of volume of production of lettuce like Holland is, to satisfy the needs of the European markets from May to October. The volume of the production of France is nearly 145,000 tons becoming into the eighth world-wide producer and Germany with 110,000 tons is the ninth world-wide producer. Share of market Spain is the third world-wide producer of leaf products– Top Ten' international suppliers of lettuce to EU (2009) 05 (Tns). Source: Eurostat.
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