Market Reports

TOMATOLAND BRIEF NEWS 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 News from the crops : In EUROPE, the tomato production is running well in Italy, North and South, as well as in Greece. Although slightly lower than recently announced, the latest estimate remain close to the forecast but lower than in 2015. Italy should finish below 5 Millions MT.

              2016 crop news : As shown in Tomatoland’s latest World Crop Estimates published on June 1st., the 2016 world crop is down almost 10 % from last year at 38.3 millions MT. of fresh fruits against 41.8 Millions MT. a year ago. Most producing regions are facing a

NEWS FROM THE CROPS by TOMATOLAND ! Sept 1st., 2015 China’s forecast revised down in big way ! EUROPE Italy : – North : an expected 1.8 millions MT. had already been harvested by the end of August ! The average brix reported by growers organisation stands at 4.93, below the average level of recent

              August 7, 2015   EUROPE Italy : – North : thanks to high temperatures in June and especially in July, local processors have enjoyed a very early start and most factories are already running at full capacity only a few days after opening. On the other hand, fields yields

                Crop news : –  Greece : •  surfaces up 10 % from 2014 expected, •  crop also 10% higher at 520 000 MT. of fresh tomatoes despite some hailstorm damages late May. •  price of fresh tomatoes is 83 to 84 € per MT. delivered factory. –  South Italy

3 more factories to stop in China for the crop 2015 !   According to concordant local sources, Tomatoland can announce that the Xinjiang military authorities n° 7 Division) have decided to keep 3 factories of former Haohan Group closed for the coming 2015 crop. These 3 units have a combined processing capacity of 13,500