Valenciaport is participating from today until 7 in the 8th FRUIT ATTRACTION fair, the fruit and vegetables international contest celebrated by IFEMA (Madrid´s Fair) which has been inaugurated by the Feeding, Agriculture and Environment minister, Isabel García Tejerina.
After a tour in the grounds, Minister showed interest in Puertos del Estadostand, in which APV participates, and where his president, José Llorca, has indicated “ the important potential in fruits and vegetables exportation in all of the spanish ports”. In this sense, Llorca has pointed that spanish ports manage 8.7 tons of this commodity. Meanwhile, Minister has highlighted “ the importance of spanish ports to be competitive in the international context”.
In relation to import-export, Valenciaport, represents the 40% of the total of Spanish Port System. Four of the ten tons Spain imports and exports seaway are channeled from Valenciaport.
Until August 2016, Valenciaport has market a total of 481.625 fruit and vegetable tones. In 2015, this traffic closed the year reaching 772.803 of this commodity tons in imports and exports.