From 3 to 5 February, Berlin hosted the twenty-second edition of this fruit and vegetable fair, an international showcase that boasted nearly 3,000 exhibitors and 70,000 visitors.

The opening of the new metro line 9 improves the public transport connections with the Alimentary Unit and means that the metro is extended to Terminals 1 and 2 of El Prat Airport.

Last November 25, the 'Mercabarna Innova' awards were presented, designed to encourage the creation of innovative projects by the companies in the Alimentary Unit. The first edition recognized the work done by the Fruit Friends and Laumont companies, whose entries were a dehydrated fruit bar and a mushroom app for chefs, respectively.

In this website you will find the economic and internal organization information of Mercabarna. 

In its last presentation of the year, entitled "The ethnic buyer: new sales trends", which took place on 2 December, the results of the "The food distribution channel run by foreigners" study was presented.

Mercabarna has commissioned a study from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the Plataforma Aprovechamos los Alimentos (Let's Make Use of Food Platform, PAA) to establish the volume of food waste produced from the activity in the precinct and to suggest areas of work to reduce this to the minimum.

Mercabarna has a new website, which is completely updated in terms of both its appearance and its operation. It allows for faster and more direct access to all the institutional information and the services in this food estate. 

Mercabarna and the Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers' Association (AGEM) are cooperating on the organization of reverse trade missions to bring potential customers from other European countries to the Central Fruit and Vegetable Market. 

On 21^st and 22^nd September, an institutional and business delegation from the Lebanon, headed up by the Minister for Industry of the Government of that Country, visited Mercabarna in order to establish trade contacts with its meat sector.

On 14 July, the Mercabarna Trends Observatory presented the second study that it has prepared since its launch last April. On this occasion, the subject of interest chosen was ecological food, a sector in full expansion which can be a good line of business for the companies based on the premises.