Of every 10 tomatoes consumed in the European Union (EU) between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015, 6 were supplied by the Netherlands and Spain, according to data from the statistical service Euroestacom (Icex-Eurostat), with TARIC codes (Tariff Integrated of the European Communities).
The volume of tomatoes purchased by the EU in the 2014/2015 campaign reached 4,969.68 million kilos, up 4.6 percent compared to the previous season.
The total expenditure of all Member States has been the greatest recorded in history, amounting to a total of 5,891.49 million Euro, up 0.73 percent compared to the previous season and 27 percent more than ten seasons ago. This has been possible despite the reduction in the volume purchased due to a better average price, which has stood at 1.18 Euro per kilo, 5.52 percent higher than that of the 2013/2014 campaign.
The Netherlands was the EU's largest tomato supplier with 1,611.78 million kilos, 32.43 percent of the total. For those sales, the Kingdom of the Netherlands reached a turnover of 2,102.74 million Euro, with an average price of 1.3 Euro per kilo.
Second in importance was Spain, which in the 2014/2015 campaign supplied the EU with 1,328.02 million kilos, 26.72 percent of the total. From these sales, Spain received 1,590.95 million Euro; an average of 1.2 Euro per kilo.
The third position in the ranking of the EU's largest tomato suppliers was for Morocco. The Alawite kingdom sold 626.11 million kilos to the EU countries, 12.6 percent of the total, and received 579.73 million Euro; an average price of 0.93 Euro per kilo.
