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After an exceptional year in sales in 2020, the Spanish retail sector is becoming increasingly competitive, while trying to find a balance between high input costs and improved efficiency, during a period of high inflation that once again gives price the leading role in purchasing decisions.

Competition by other crops continues to force Spain’s fodder area down. In MY 2022/23 the dry spring is anticipated to have negatively affected yields in non-irrigated land. On the processor side, energy prices will keep forcing margins down.

Interactive Tableau visualization showing what percentage of U.S. agricultural exports go to each of the top markets.

With a growing population and a market-oriented agricultural and food sector that is open to international trade, Mexico is an important agricultural trading partner for the United States. In 2021, exports of U.S. agricultural and related products to Mexico totaled $25.5 billion, showing an increase of 34.9 percent versus 2020 when U.S. agricultural and related exports to Mexico totaled $18.9 billion.