The Agriculture and Finance Ministries approved customs duties-free tomato imports, but hundreds of tons are waiting for release from the ports.
Tomato prices are zooming up again, and the marketers are accusing the Ministries of Agriculture and Finance of not taking advance measures to approve customs duties-free tomato imports. A kilo of tomatoes cost NIS 10.50-11 on the wholesale market today, a 19.3% increase.
Some of the retail chains continued selling tomatoes at a loss, while in the open markets, the price of tomatoes soared again. It was learned that hundreds of tons of tomatoes had not been released from the ports, due to the absence of a customs duties exemption.
