Murcia

- Germany, a key country for exports from Murcia.

Germany buys one of every five citrus fruits and one of every three peaches grown in the Murcia region.

- Quality and Food Safety, the trademarks of produce from Murcia

High quality and food safety have been key in positioning fruit and vegetable products from Murcia in international markets.

- Hortiberia looks for continued growth in 2009

The export consortium with headquarters in Cartagena has enjoyed a positive balance for the year that has just ended with a strengthened brand and an extension of the distribution channels for its products.

- San Cayetano, one of the biggest in Spanish celery

With a total of 8,000 tonnes of celery sold last season, S.A.T. San Cayetano has become one of the main Spanish producers of this vegetable.

- "The citrus sector needs to be more organised and concentrated"

The current state of the Spanish citrus sector, its challenges and unreslved issues, formed the basis of this interview with Juan de Dios Hernández Navarro, President of the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Growers and Exporters "Ibérica Hortofrutícola"