{"id":25471,"date":"2026-05-28T06:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/25471\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:39:09","slug":"morocco-expands-direct-cucumber-exports-to-germany-setting-new-seasonal-records-eastfruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/25471\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco expands direct cucumber exports to Germany, setting new seasonal records \u2022 EastFruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco\u2019s cucumber exports to Germany continue to break records, with the 2025\/26 season already surpassing last year\u2019s peak, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/east-fruit.com\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EastFruit<\/a>. Germany imported 3,900 tons of Moroccan cucumbers between July 2025 and March 2026, valued at more than EUR 8 million. This represents a 10% increase over the previous season and a 28-fold rise compared to 2021\/22.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"974\" height=\"548\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"974\" height=\"548\"  \/>German buyers now source Moroccan cucumbers year-round, with demand peaking between November and February. December 2025 was the strongest month, with imports approaching 1,000 tons.<\/p>\n<p>Spain and the Netherlands remain Germany\u2019s dominant suppliers, together covering more than 80% of imports. Morocco\u2019s official share rose from 0.5% last season to 0.8% in the first nine months of 2025\/26. Yet actual volumes are higher, as Spain purchases Moroccan cucumbers and re-exports them across Europe, including to Germany.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"974\" height=\"548\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"974\" height=\"548\"  \/>The sharp increase in direct shipments reflects a structural shift in Morocco\u2019s export strategy. By bypassing European distribution hubs, Moroccan exporters are <a href=\"https:\/\/east-fruit.com\/en\/trending\/morocco-doubles-direct-tomato-exports-to-finland-setting-a-new-record-in-2025-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">strengthening their direct presence in Northern European markets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This achievement builds on Morocco\u2019s broader success in cucumbers, with the country <a href=\"https:\/\/east-fruit.com\/en\/news\/morocco-sets-sights-on-new-export-record-for-cucumbers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">setting an overall export record in 2024\/25<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/east-fruit.com\/en\/trending\/morocco-expands-direct-cucumber-exports-to-germany-setting-new-seasonal-records\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EastFruit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe use of the site materials is free if there is a direct and open for search engines hyperlink to a specific publication of the East-Fruit.com website.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morocco\u2019s cucumber exports to Germany continue to break records, with the 2025\/26 season already surpassing last year\u2019s peak,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26458,4259,5,8692],"class_list":["post-25471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-cucumbers","tag-exports","tag-germany","tag-morocco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}