Export quota Moroccan tomatoes and courgettes for the EU market not yet half fulfilled

At the end of January, the export of tomatoes and courgettes from Morocco to the EU was still below half the permitted quota. Of the agreed 285,000 tons of tomatoes for the 2021/22 season, which runs from October 1 to May 31, Morocco had shipped 128,889 tons to the EU by January 30, 4% less than in the same period last year, according to data from the Andalusian Observatory of Prices and Markets. In week 4, the average import price of Moroccan tomatoes was € 132.76 per 100 kilos. The quota for courgettes is 56,000 tons (from October 1, 2021 to April 20, 2022). So far, according to the Observatory, 22,431 kilos have arrived on the European market, 11% more than in the same period of last season. The average import price of Moroccan courgettes into the EU in the last week of January was €145.83 per kilo. Meanwhile, the Andalusian supply of greenhouse vegetables had also increased slightly in week 4 due to the increase in nighttime temperatures and the large number of hours of ...