The article provides a comprehensive comparison of the past two years' performance of tomato paste exports for ten leading countries, including China, Italy, Spain, USA, Portugal, Chile, Turkey, Ukraine, Greece, and the Netherlands. These countries account for 94% of the sector's total imports over the past five years, with the Netherlands serving as a hub for re-exporting tomato paste. The data shows a notable increase in export activity during the spring and summer of 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, a trend that persists into 2021, leading to a 1.5% rise in twelve-month activity compared to the previous year, totaling over 3.182 million metric tonnes of tomato paste.