The average price at origin of tomatoes fifteen years ago, taking all varieties into account, was 124.07 percent higher than today, despite the increased costs, according to a report based on data from the Prices and Markets Observatory of the Andalusian Government.
Looking at the period from January to March, the average price of tomatoes in 2002 amounted to 1.21 Euro per kilo. In the same period of 2016, this price stood at 0.54 Euro/kilo.
If we look at full calendar years, the average price in 2002 reached 1.02 Euro per kilo, while in 2015 it has amounted to 0.62 €/kilo. That is, in 2002, tomatoes were 64.52 percent more expensive than last year.
A considerable decrease is observed also if we look at campaigns, even taking into account the provisional nature of the current data, which is not over yet. In the 2001/2002 campaign, the average price for all tomato varieties reached 1.09 Euro, 84.75 percent more than in the current season, which has stood so far at 0.59 Euro per kilo.
Price per year
2002, the first year for which the Observatory has provided data, was the year with the highest price in the whole period. From the average price of 1.02 Euro per kilo for all tomato varieties in 2002 we fall to 0.62 Euro in 2003, down to 0.52 in 2004, back to 0.76 in 2005, falling again to 0.56 Euro/kilo in 2006, rising again to 0.73 in 2007, down to 0.55 €/kilo in 2008, slightly up to 0.57 Euro in 2009, up again to 0.79 in 2010, back down to 0.54 in 2011, up to 0.66 in 2012, slightly down to an average of 0.64 Euro in 2013, and staying at 0.62 Euro per kilo in 2014 and 2015.
