The Spanish Chocolate, Biscuit, & Confectionery Association (Produlce) has reported export growth of 7.9 percent in 2014, offsetting a domestic decline of 1.1 percent. As a result, total Spanish confectionery sales rose by 2.6 percent in volume (1.3 million tons) and in value by 1.1 percent (€4.495 billion) in 2014. Nearly 35 percent of the total volume produced in Spain was exported, up from 32.1 percent in 2013, representing 451,710 tons of volume and €1.151 billion in sales.
At last week’s Sweet Summit, a meeting place for stakeholders involved in the country’s confectionery and related industries, the association released its Produlce 2015 Report to 100 professionals.