Morocco Overtakes Spain in EU Tomato Supply for Second Season Running

Morocco exported more tomatoes to the European Union than Spain during the 2025/2026 season, holding second place among suppliers to the bloc for a second consecutive year. The finding comes from an analysis by the Spanish horticultural portal Hortoinfo, built on Euroestacom data that combines Icex and Eurostat statistics.

EU member states imported more than 2.78 million tonnes of tomatoes over the season, worth more than €5.567 billion, at an average price of €2 per kilogram. The Netherlands remained the leading supplier with 773,450 tonnes, equal to 27.81% of total volume, generating €1.648 billion at an average of €2.13 per kilogram. The five largest origins together accounted for roughly 2.08 million tonnes, close to three quarters of everything the bloc bought.

Morocco ahead by 17,530 tonnes

Morocco shipped 493,330 tonnes, or 17.74% of EU import volume, worth €1.03 billion at an average of €2.09 per kilogram. Spain followed with 475,800 tonnes and a 17.11% share, worth €1.017 billion at €2.14 per kilogram. The margin between the two is 17,530 tonnes and 0.63 percentage points of market share — narrow in absolute terms, but repeated for a second season in succession, according to Hortoinfo.

Spain's average unit price stayed above Morocco's and also above the Dutch average of €2.13 per kilogram. The ranking by value therefore diverges only marginally from the ranking by volume: Morocco earned €1.03 billion against Spain's €1.017 billion, a gap of about €13 million on shipments that differ by less than 4%. The ranking counts intra-EU trade alongside imports from outside the bloc, which is why Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and French volumes appear next to Morocco's.

Ten seasons of divergence

The change in position is the product of a decade-long trend rather than a single season's weather. Since the 2016/2017 campaign, Moroccan tomato exports to the EU have risen 22.17%, Hortoinfo reported, while Spanish volumes have fallen 36.99% and Dutch volumes 18.4%.

The Netherlands has kept the top slot despite that contraction, an indication of how large its starting base was: even after a decline of 18.4% it still supplies more than a quarter of EU tomato volume. Spain's loss of more than a third of its volume over the same period is the steepest among the leading origins, and it explains why Morocco was able to move past it without any dramatic single-season surge.

Portugal and France round out the top five

Portugal ranked fourth with 175,020 tonnes sold for €117.58 million. Its average price of €0.67 per kilogram sits far below every other major supplier because Portuguese shipments consist mainly of tomatoes destined for processing rather than for the fresh market, Hortoinfo noted.

France took fifth place with 160,750 tonnes worth €373.31 million. French sales fell 13.53%, and the average price of €2.32 per kilogram was the highest among the five largest suppliers. In a separate report, Hortoinfo recorded Moroccan sales to Spain itself of 46.4 million kilograms of tomatoes for more than €85 million, an indication that Moroccan fruit also moves through Spanish trade channels rather than only competing with them.