Fewer tomatoes were produced in Hungary this year

As we reported, we can say goodbye to the era of cheap food. The extreme drought also harmed tomato crops. In the summary published on the website of the AKI, quoting the October forecast of the World Tomato Processors Association (WPTC), they wrote: on a global level, the harvest of industrial tomatoes may decrease by 4.9 percent to 37.2 million tons in 2022 compared to the previous year. The number one producer in the Union is Italy, where the harvest may decrease by 10 percent to 5.48 million tons, in Spain by 10 percent to 2.1 million tons, and in Portugal by 17 percent to 1.3 million tons. According to the European Commission's short-term forecast, the crop of tomatoes intended for the fresh market in the EU may decrease by 3 percent to 6.2 million tons in 2022 compared to 2021. Compared to the average of the last five years, this represents a 5 percent drop. According to Eurostat data, in the first eight months of this year, 459.7 thousand tons of tomatoes from the ...