Spain still supplies 31% of the melons EU states bring in, but its volume has fallen faster than the market's.
Hortoinfo reported Oct. 5 that Spain remained the EU's largest melon supplier in 2025/26, with 235.11 million kg. Spain's volume was 31.06% of the 756.95 million kg EU member states took in. The season ran from August 2025 through July 2026.
Key Facts
- At 31.06% of the EU total, Spain supplied 235.11 million kg of melons in 2025/26.
- Spain's volume is 42.33% below 2016/17, a steeper fall than the EU total's 30.57%.
- Spanish melons ran under the €1.06 EU average, at €1.04 per kg.
The figures come from Euroestacom (ICEX-Eurostat) and use TARIC code 080719 for melons. They count what EU member states received from each origin. EU countries, including the Netherlands and Italy appear as suppliers, so the totals include trade between member states.
Spain's melon volume to the EU is 42.33% below 2016/17
Spain's 235.11 million kg is 42.33% below its 2016/17 volume, a steeper fall than the 30.57% drop in the EU total over the same ten campaigns. Spain's share shrank as a result.
BestSprouts's calculation from those two declines puts Spain at roughly 37% of the EU total in 2016/17, against 31.06% now.
Spanish melons averaged €1.04 per kg in 2025/26
Hortoinfo valued Spain's 2025/26 shipments to EU member states at €244.82 million, which works out to an average of €1.04 per kg across the whole season. The EU's melon imports as a whole were valued at €805.09 million, or €1.06 per kg. Spain's price sat just under the average.
How 2025/26 compares with 2024/25
The 2025/26 window ran from August 2025 through July 2026, while the previous season's ran from September 2024 through August 2025. August 2025 sits in both. FreshPlaza's report on the previous season (also drawn from Hortoinfo) put Spain at 253.42 million kg, or 32.18% of an EU total of 787.55 million kg.
