Fruit & Vegetables
Key figures of Fruit & Vegetable Sector
| |
2009 incoming produce (tons) |
Variation 2009 /2008 |
| Fruit |
433 746 |
-1,8% |
| Vegetables |
389 839 |
-5,3% |
| Fruit and Vegetables |
823 585 |
-3,5% |
| |
Number of companies |
Turnover 2008 |
Forecasted variation turnover 2009/2008 |
Employees |
| Wholesalers |
204 |
2 454 475 |
-2,5% |
3 081 |
| Producers |
64 |
15 652 |
NC |
64 |
| Brokers and import-export companies |
79 |
422 451 |
-1,7% |
305 |
| Total Fruit and Vegetables |
347 |
2 892 578 |
-2,4% |
3 450 |
Figures as of 31/12/2009
Freshness and choice
Every kind of fruit and vegetable is available at Rungis International Market. There are products from Ile-de-France or the other end of the world, heritage or baby fruit and vegetables, and the stall displays take great care to highlight the selected products’ freshness and appearance. Nearly one million tons are sold every year in this sector. It is an essential location for introducing new fruit and vegetable varieties from around the world. For example, kiwis, baby vegetables or even comestible flowers began their career in France in Rungis’s pavillions.
The fruit and vegetable sector includes :
- 9 pavilions + the producers’ floor
- Warehouses for logistics and transport
- Various support service buildings
What you will find at the Market
- Early fruit and vegetables and salads
- Ile-de-France seasonal produce
- Summer fruit and red fruit
- Citrus fruit, apples and pears
- Mushrooms
- Potatoes, garlic, onions, shallots
- Out-of-season fruit and vegetables
- Exotic fruit and vegetables
- Dry fruit and vegetables
- Baby vegetables
- Heritage vegetables
- Aromatic herbs
- 4th and 5th line prepared foods
In and out-of-season
Products now come to us from all around the world. Thanks to highly performing transport, production, preservation and marketing networks, all products are available all year round. However, many products only reach peak quality during a specific season. It’s all a matter of hemisphere! When it’s winter here, it’s summer in the southern hemisphere. When there are no cherries in France, they are ripe in Chile, and that’s what we mean by out-of-season. Obviously, out-of-season products have to travel and will be more expensive than local produce, picked or harvested when mature in our part of the world.
