Editing Economy of Spain (section)

===Agribusiness===
[[File:ACEITUNEROS.jpg|thumb|right|Olive harvest in Jaén]]
{{See also|Agriculture in Spain}}
[[Agribusiness]] has been another segment growing aggressively over the last few years. At slightly over 40 billion euros, in 2015 agribusiness exports accounted for 3% of GDP and over 15% of the total Spanish exports.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-25|title=La facturación de las exportaciones agroalimentarias españolas creció un 8,36% el año pasado|url=https://www.abc.es/economia/abci-facturacion-exportaciones-agroalimentarias-espanolas-crecio-836-por-ciento-anos-pasado-201604251358_noticia.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=abc|language=es}}</ref>

The boom was shaped during the 2004-2014 period, when Spain's agribusiness exports grew by 95% led by pork, wine and olive oil.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2015/01/25/actualidad/1422220996_927673.html|title = La exportación de la industria alimentaria creció el 5,5% en 2014|newspaper = El País|date = 25 January 2015}}</ref> By 2012 Spain was by far the biggest producer of olive oil in the world, accounting for 50% of the total production worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21144023|title=Spain's bumper olive years come to bitter end|work=BBC News|date=29 January 2013}}</ref> By 2013 the country became the world's leading producer of wine;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/spain-wine-industry-surplus-world-rankings-weather|title = Spain's wine surplus overflows across globe following year of unusual weather|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 19 March 2014}}</ref> in 2014<ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite web|date=2015-03-06|title=Spain becomes world's biggest wine exporter in 2014|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/spain-worlds-biggest-wine-exporter-2014-bulk-sales-spainish-wine|access-date=2022-01-11|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> and 2015<ref name="elpais.com">{{Cite web|last=Maté|first=Vidal|date=2016-02-29|title=Spain tops global wine export table, but is selling product cheap|url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/02/29/inenglish/1456744098_320882.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=EL PAÍS English Edition|language=en}}</ref> Spain was the world's biggest wine exporter. However, poor marketing and low margins remain an issue, as shown by the fact that the main importers of Spanish olive oil and wine (Italy<ref name="ReferenceC"/> and France,<ref name="elpais.com"/> respectively) buy bulk Spanish produce which is then bottled and sold under Italian or French labels, often for a significant markup.<ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref name="theguardian.com"/>

Spain is the largest producer and exporter in the EU of [[citrus fruit]] ([[Orange (fruit)|oranges]], [[lemons]] and small citrus fruits), [[peaches]] and [[apricots]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Agricultural production - orchards|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Agricultural_production_-_orchards|access-date=2022-01-11|website=ec.europa.eu|language=en}}</ref> It is also the largest producer and exporter of [[strawberries]] in the EU.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-09|title=La vida efímera de la fresa|url=https://www.elmundo.es/economia/2016/03/09/56d8868d22601dc4368b461b.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=ELMUNDO|language=es}}</ref>