Morocco reduces tomato exports to curb inflation

Published 2023년 2월 19일

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The Moroccan government has imposed restrictions on the export volume of tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables to curb the surge in market prices due to inflation and reduced production. The restrictions include a ban on the sale of fruits and vegetables in some northern African markets. The decision aims to address the affordability of essential food items, including tomatoes, which have seen a significant price increase due to rising production costs and adverse weather conditions. The situation is further aggravated by decreased cold air circulations from the Arctic, leading to lower production levels. This issue is mirrored in Almería, Spain, where record trade volumes are being reached despite the production decline.

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It already happened last year and in the current season it has happened again: the Moroccan Administration has decided to restrict the volume of tomato exports, and some other fruits and vegetables, in an attempt to control the sharp rise in prices suffered by its markets. At the moment it is only about restrictions on the volume and in several of the destinations of its tomatoes, especially those in the north of the African continent, where the sale of fruit and vegetables has been directly prohibited, and some of the community markets, as reported this week by the Almeria fruit and vegetable website Hortoinfo, citing sources from the Organization for the Control and Coordination of Food Exports, Morocco Fodex. The decision responds to a series of measures aimed at trying to contain the strong inflation that has occurred in the months, similar to what has been registered in Spain and which, as in our country, is causing a greater increase in the price of l Fresh foods and, ...

Source: Lavozdealmeria