2021-02-17 15:06:09 GMT2021-02-17 23:06:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BERLIN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The German Association of Organic Farmers, Food Processors and Retailers (BOELW) said on Wednesday that the market for organic products reached 14.99 billion euros (18.1 billion U.S. dollars) last year as Germans spent 22 percent more on organic food year-on-year.
Organic meat, flour as well as fruit and vegetables were "sales hits" in Germany, recording sales increases between 25 percent for fruit and up to 70 percent for poultry, according to BOELW.
"More customers than ever before filled their shopping bags with more organic food," it said. The COVID-19 pandemic "further strengthened the desire for healthy food produced in an environmentally friendly way."