{"id":818,"date":"2015-11-30T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T10:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melocotondecieza.es\/?p=818"},"modified":"2015-12-14T18:59:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T17:59:13","slug":"china-desbanca-a-rusia-como-destino-de-las-exportaciones-agricolas-de-la-ue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melocotondecieza.es\/en\/china-desbanca-a-rusia-como-destino-de-las-exportaciones-agricolas-de-la-ue\/","title":{"rendered":"Export to China: displaces Russia as a destination for EU agricultural exports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week the European Commission published the data from the latest study carried out on the traffic of goods from the European Union to (and from) third countries. From this study, which covers the period between September 2014 and August 2015, the conclusion is that China becomes the second destination in terms of export volume, thus displacing Russia, after Moscow's veto of European agri-food products.
\nThe Russian embargo has done a lot of damage to commercial traffic from EU countries, since sales to this country fell by 42% in that year, which has made Russia the fourth country to which EU members export. its agricultural products, being surpassed even by Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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The Russian veto has mainly affected exports of dairy products, fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

China, takes the baton from Russia<\/h2>\n

At the same time that this significant decrease in exports to Russia has occurred, the increase in sales to China has been 37%, and the increase of 18% in exports to the United States has also been significant, which continues to be the main destination. of agricultural production in the European Union.<\/p>\n

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Exports of agricultural products to third countries bring the EU 128 billion Euros<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In global terms, exports of agricultural products to third countries grew by 6% compared to last year, which represents income of 128,000 million euros, which translates into a significant surplus in the growing trade balance in recent months.
\nThe decline in wine exports is striking, which decreased by 26%, despite being a sector that is not affected by Russia's veto.
\nAccording to data provided by the Brussels authorities, agri-food exports to South Korea (27%), Turkey (27%) and Hong Kong (15%) grew considerably, as well as to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n

Imports at a good pace<\/h2>\n

For their part, agricultural imports from the EU rose by 8% compared to the previous annual analysis period and amounted to 110 billion euros, according to the EC report.
\nImports of wheat, coffee, tea and mate grew by 31% compared to the previous year, as did tropical fruits and spices, which rose by 26%, and reached a value of 2.5 billion euros.<\/p>\n

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Brazil and the United States are the origin of most of the EU purchases<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Regarding the countries of origin, Brazil, the United States (whose sales to the EU grew by 14% and 14.5% respectively in the last year) and Argentina were the places from which the European Union imported the largest amount of agricultural products .
\nThe EC report highlights the considerable increase in olive oil imports, mainly from Tunisia, having tripled its sales volume in just one year (from 153 million euros between September 2013 and August 2014 to 647 million in the same period of 2015).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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