Spain could reach a production of 1.2 million tons of winter tomatoes

Spain expects that winter tomato production, whose campaign is starting throughout this month of October, will amount to 1.27 million tonnes, practically the same amount as in 2023, and the surface area will be 14,175 hectares, a figure also very similar to the previous year, as reported at yesterday's meeting of the tomato subgroup of the Group of Experts of the European Commission's Fruit and Vegetable Market Observatory. The Spanish representation in the tomato subgroup, made up of representatives from COAG, Coexphal and FEPEX, reported that fresh production in this winter campaign will go from 1.3 million tonnes in 2023 to 1.27 million tonnes and the surface area will also remain at levels very similar to those of the previous year, going from 14,320 hectares in 2023 to 14,175 hectares this year. As for the summer campaign, which has already concluded, this year it has reached 358,513 tonnes, 21% less than the previous year, following the downward trend of previous ...