The Ministry of Agriculture presented its analysis on organic production in 2020, showing how the sector continues its intense growth process and is configured as an important area of differentiated consumption within the Spanish food system.
Table 1. Organic products consumption from 2012 to 2020
Key data on organic production
The most consumed organic vegetable products in Spain were fresh fruits, with a share of 15.5% of the organic shopping basket. Fresh vegetables were in second place with 13.9%. This was followed by bread, biscuits and pastries, which together accounted for 6.6% of organic purchases; and oil and wine (4.4% and 2.2% respectively) (Table 2).
Table 2. Most consumed organic vegetable products
As for organic products of animal origin, the most consumed were meat and meat products (15% of the total organic basket), milk and dairy products (7.5%); fish, shellfish and canned products (4.2%) and eggs (2.2%) (Table 3).
Table 3. Most consumed organic animal-origin products
Table 4 shows the structure of the organic and conventional shopping basket in 2020 (% in value).
According to the study data, Spain ranks ninth in the world market for organic products in terms of total value of organic sales.
Exports reached €1.2 billion, up 17% on 2019, while imports amounted to €1 billion, down 5.2% on the previous year.
The main organic products exported were fresh vegetables (25% of total vegetable exports); citrus fruits (19%), other fruits (11%), olive oil (15%), wine (7%), cereals and derivatives (6%) and canned vegetables (6%).
The registered organic area in 2020 reached 2.44 million hectares, 3.52% more than in 2019, and the qualified (registered and certified organic) area reached 2.09 million hectares. This means that the registered organic area in Spain reached almost 10% of the utilized agricultural area (UAA).