Overview world market tomatoes

The increased energy costs, which have hit many greenhouse growers hard, are also felt in the tomato market. In European countries such as the Netherlands, these higher cultivation costs eat away at growers' profit margins, despite the high market prices. However, this situation is seen as an advantage for some countries with a milder climate, which require less energy to grow, such as Turkey. In Italy, this increased competition has an impact on prices on the domestic markets. In Spain and South Africa, adverse weather conditions have depressed production in some areas: Spain was hit by high summer temperatures and South Africa is currently experiencing heavy rainfall and even hail in some north-western growing areas. There are also problems in China and Brazil, but they have little to do with the weather. Epidemic control measures in China and political unrest in Brazil have made it difficult to get the tomatoes to the right place. With many parts of the world entering winter, ...