Poland tops global mushroom export charts
PR dla Zagranicy
Jo Harper
20.07.2015 14:38
Poland was the world's largest exporter of fresh mushrooms in 2014, selling 203,530 tons, up from 195,380 tons in 2013.
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The Foreign Agricultural Markets Monitoring Team (FAMMU) reported, citing Primeur data, that globally 482,500 tons of fresh mushrooms were exported in 2014.
"According to the latest Primeur data, in 2014 the largest exporter proved to be Poland with a score of 203,500 tons. The biggest global importer is the United Kingdom, with about 108,000 tons," the report reads.
Among other major exporters of mushrooms is the Netherlands, which last year sent 69,160 tons (second place in the ranking), while third place went to Belarus, which exported 39,830 tons of mushrooms.
Among the world's largest importers, apart from the UK, are Germany with 63,510 tons and Russia, which imported 42,110 tons of mushrooms in 2014. (jh)