WPTC crop update as of 12 June 2023
As harvest is now over in the southern hemisphere and planting is finishing in the northern hemisphere, the total forecast for the 2023 season is slightly reduced to 42.5 million tonnes. More than in other years, however, expectations are that this volume may not be achieved due to risks linked with a late harvest in […]
WPTC crop update as of 28 April 2023
AMITOM COUNTRIES EGYPT There is no change to the forecast. It is now the transition between the winter crop and the early summer crop which should start around 10 May. FRANCE Planting is slow with only about a third of the surfaces already planted in the south-east and only 20% in the south-west […]
WPTC crop update as of 31 March 2023
AMITOM COUNTRIES EGYPT The winter crop is in its last loop which is supposed to last till 3rd week of April. The early summer crop will start around 10th of May. The overall forecast remains 500,000 tonnes with prices currently at abut 130 USD per tonne ex-field. Quality is good. FRANCE The volume of the […]
WPTC first forecast for 2023
During its board meeting held in Sacramento on 14 February, WPTC members established a preliminary forecast of 41.8 million tonnes of tomatoes to be processed globally in 2023. AMITOM COUNTRIES There is no change in the forecast for most of the countries compared to the last report (27 January 2023) except for a small adjustment […]
WPTC crop update as of 27 January 2023
Although WPTC will only release its preliminary forecast for the 2023 season after its meeting in Sacramento on 14 February, the first indications are for an increased production of about one million tonnes in the AMITOM region and 1.7 million tonnes in California, while in the Southern Hemisphere countries where harvesting is now starting the rise is […]
WPTC crop update as of 25 October 2022
WPTC members met in Parma on Tuesday 25 October for their annual end-of-season meeting. During the meeting they established the preliminary world production estimate for 2022 and the first estimates for 2023 in Southern Hemisphere countries.
Preliminary results for 2022 now stands at 37,257 million tonnes: this is 6.1% lower than the initial production intentions in March 2022 (39.671 million tonnes) 4.9% lower than 2021 total production of 39.184 million tonnes.
WPTC crop update as of 14 October 2022
The global world production estimate currently stands at 37,2 million tonnes but will be readjusted on 25 October when the preliminary production figures for all countries are available.
WPTC crop update as of 30 September 2022
The provisional world production estimate stands at 36,8 million tonnes, nearly 3 million
WPTC crop update as of 16 September 2022
As the 2022 processing is entering its last few weeks in most countries, it becomes apparent that production will not reach the level expected when the harvest started with the world production estimate currently standing at just under 37 million tonnes.
