Tomato price in Europe rises more than normal

In terms of cost, the tomato market faces several challenges, among them the established record prices. In October, for example, all of Europe had prices well above the average after five years. Relative to the peak price of the last five years, the vegetable was well exceeded. The Netherlands had its biggest peak, although the price per kilo of Dutch tomatoes still cannot match those of other countries. The data is from the European Commission tomato panel. Since September, prices have continued to rise sharply in northwest Europe, as production volume has declined with the arrival of autumn, production on the south side cannot make up for everything, explains the commission. The biggest percentage deviation in relation to the price increase was in the Netherlands, where the price of tomatoes was 28% in the last five years, in September and October, in 2022 in the same period the increase in prices was 54%. Another factor in ...