The agri-food exports from Córdoba starred in a excellent start to 2024, as reported in a statement by the Ministry of Economy, Finance and European Funds. The foreign sales In this chapter they were placed in a value of 361 millionwhich means … a year-on-year growth of 27.8%.
Was the third Andalusian province in which there was a biggest increase and comfortably exceeded the increase experienced in Andalusia (+9.6%). The biggest increase in the last 365 days was in Jaén, with an increase of 71% to reach 95 million. The second territory with the best performance was Seville, with a growth of 31%. Seven of the eight provinces of the community recorded increases.
Only Almería experienced a decrease of 10.9%. Of course, this territory is the one that quantitatively made the most agri-food sales from January to March in Andalusia: 1,422 million. In this last classification, Córdoba is fifth.
The Ministry of Economy indicated that, in the case of our province, it was the olive oil chapter «the one that led and stimulated sales of the agri-food sector. Thus, the companies in our territory carried out ‘liquid gold’ sales, in a scenario of high prices, for value of 218 millionwhich means a 61% increase in the first quarter of 2024.
Increase greater than that of Córdoba as a whole
The agricultural performance has been very better than that of sales as a whole outside the province. In the first quarter, as reported by the central government, foreign sales reached 799.5 million, 8.7% more than in the same period of 2023.
It must be remembered that Córdoba ended last year with a slight drop of exports, one of the strong points of its economy. Businesses in the province made sales abroad worth 2,928.3 million. That figure was 1.7% below that achieved in 2022, which, yes, was a record year in Córdoba in this parameter of economic activity.
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