Senegal shipped 16.24mn kilograms of watermelons to Spain in the 2025/26 season, which ran from September to August, or 14.88% of Spain's imports, making it the second-largest supplier after Morocco, according to Spanish customs data compiled by horticulture outlet Hortoinfo. The shipments were worth €11.8mn, an average of €0.73 a kilogram.
Analysis: Senegal's advantage is largely price: its watermelons averaged €0.73 a kilogram, against €0.84 from Morocco and €1.33 from Mauritania. Mauritania consequently earned about 15% more than Senegal from 37% less volume, by our calculation. Senegalese fruit nevertheless sold above the €0.59 average Hortoinfo reported for Spanish greenhouse growers. Imports from Senegal were below the 19.34mn kilograms recorded in calendar 2023, although the periods differ. The figures cover fresh watermelons entering Spain, not Senegal's entire export trade, limiting their usefulness as a national benchmark for the coming season.
Source: ICEX–Agencia Tributaria (Spain), via Hortoinfo, Hortoinfo, « España ha comprado a otros países durante la campaña 109,15 millones de kilos de sandía a 0,84€/kg, la mitad a Marruecos », October 2026 (Estacom, ICEX–Agencia Tributaria, TARIC 080711), 2025/26 season (September 1, 2025–August 31, 2026); ICEX–Agencia Tributaria (Spain), via Hortoinfo, Hortoinfo, « Fuerte descenso de las compras españolas de sandía a Marruecos y crecen a Senegal y Mauritania » (calendar 2023 data), 2023 (calendar year)