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Spain, tomato price suffers strong drop in January
Spain
Wednesday 20 February 2008
Tomato, one of the most important products of the Spanish province of Almería is currently suffering a price decrease since January. Tomato has been quoted less than 20-euro cents per Kg. The agricultural associatioAns of Almeria’s province explained that this fact is due to the increase of product imported from Morocco, as it has surpassed the 32,000 tons allowed for the first month of the year. And what’s more, these products arrived in Europe without price.
Fepex (the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants) believes that daily values of tomato imports from Morocco estimated by European Commission do not represent the real situation of the markets because transactions are taking place at much lower levels and selling on consignment without price.
According to Fepex, the situation is getting worse because at the moment the European Commission does not allow to producer organizations to implement measures for prevention and management of crisis until they comply with the Commission regulation published last December.
The Interprofessional Hortyfruta Almeria has begun to take action, by suspending the marketing of the latter categories applying the quality standards adopted earlier, that established an obligation to commercialize only first categories.
On the other hand, and in addition to this measure, Hortyfruta prompted the ministry of Agriculture to require compliance with quotas of tomato from Morocco allowed to entry to the EU, as well as having a greater control over their prices.
Fepex on its part has reiterated the need to empower faster administrative procedures allowing for urgent interventions to alleviate the crisis in the tomato market.
Fepex (the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants) believes that daily values of tomato imports from Morocco estimated by European Commission do not represent the real situation of the markets because transactions are taking place at much lower levels and selling on consignment without price.
According to Fepex, the situation is getting worse because at the moment the European Commission does not allow to producer organizations to implement measures for prevention and management of crisis until they comply with the Commission regulation published last December.
The Interprofessional Hortyfruta Almeria has begun to take action, by suspending the marketing of the latter categories applying the quality standards adopted earlier, that established an obligation to commercialize only first categories.
On the other hand, and in addition to this measure, Hortyfruta prompted the ministry of Agriculture to require compliance with quotas of tomato from Morocco allowed to entry to the EU, as well as having a greater control over their prices.
Fepex on its part has reiterated the need to empower faster administrative procedures allowing for urgent interventions to alleviate the crisis in the tomato market.
