EU member states’ Morrocan tomato imports from September 2023 to May 2024 decreased by 6.8% over the same period of the previous year, FreshPlaza writes.
According to the monitoring bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA), the EU imported 1,370,552 tons of tomatoes from member countries, i.e. 5.7% less than in the previous season and 9.6% less than the average of the last five years.
Imports of non-European products totaled 705,482 tons, i.e. 5.9% less than the previous year but 13.4% more than the average of the last five years. In the 2023/2024 campaign, Morocco continued to be the EU’s main tomato supplier with 464,052 tons, followed by Turkey with 191,769 tons and Tunisia with 24,286 tons.
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EU imports of Moroccan tomatoes decreased by 6.8%, from 497,928 tons to 464,052 tons. In contrast, imports from Turkey increased by 40.4% over the five-year average, and imports from Tunisia increased by 5.8% over the previous year and by 37.1% compared to the five-year average.
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