Spain: Three tomato industries reported for failing to comply with the minimum price

Processed tomato producers in Extremadura are going to plant around 23,500 hectares of crops this season with an approximate production of 2,115,000 tons of fresh tomatoes for industry. Of this production, around 1,200,000 tons have been contracted in the current campaign by the Conesa, Transa and Alsat industries, at a price of €130 per ton of tomato, reported from La Unión de Extremadura. According to the studies carried out and sent to these industries, the cost of production of one hectare of tomato ranges around €12,540/ha, which, divided by an average production collected in the last campaign of 86.57 mt/ha, represents a cost of production of €144.85 per ton of tomato. Article 9.c) of Law 12/2013, of August 2, on measures to improve the functioning of the food chain, establishes “The price of the food contract that a primary producer or a group of these must receive must be , in any case, higher than the total costs assumed by the producer or effective cost of production, ...