date:May 24, 2016
trend with 6% while Austria went from 3 to 5%.
The main destination is the European market (92% of the total), though in previous years it used to absorb 94-95% of the total. 8% of the total volumes was absorbed by Extra-EU28 European countries, and by Switzerland in particular. Other quantities were sent to Tunisia. The Italian fruit is shipped abroad mainly between June and August.
In 2015, watermelon imports reached 47,000 tons, the largest quantity of the past few years (except for 2010),