Global imports of tomato products, updated May 17, 2023

Published May 22, 2023

Tridge summary

The article provides an overview of the dynamics of tomato product imports, specifically tomato paste, canned tomatoes, and sauces, focusing on the top 20 importing countries over the past year. It highlights a notable increase in total tomato paste imports, reaching 1.7 million metric tons, which is 11% higher than the previous period and 22% higher than the average of the three marketing years before. The seven leading countries accounted for 42% of the total imports in the last five years, with the remaining 58% distributed among about 100 other countries. The article also mentions the sources of this information, including national customs services and professional sources, and suggests that the list of top importing countries may be updated as necessary.

Disclaimer: The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

The trend (some marginal data still missing) for quantities of tomato paste imported by the Top20 importing countries (*) over the past twelve months (close to 1.70 million mT, March 2022 – February 2023) brought the total to approximately 164,000 mT (11%) higher than in the previous corresponding period (1.54 million mT), and 308,000 mT (22%) higher than the average of the same periods of the three previous marketing years (1.39 million mT).Comparison of monthly imports over past two yearsComparison of monthly imports over past two yearsAlong with its monthly summaries of the prices for pastes and canned tomatoes and of the performances of the world’s main tomato paste exporting countries (see linked articles below), Tomato News is presenting updated figures of the supply volumes shipped each month by the main consumer markets for tomato products.prices for pastesprices for pastescanned tomatoescanned tomatoesFor tomato paste, alongside the combined figures for the Top20 ...

Source: Tomatonews