Canned Tomatoes Prices, Exports from Italy, Spain, USA, Greece and Portugal, Last update April 23, 2024
Modelled on what has been presented for many years in the monthly articles devoted to export and import statistics (quantities and values) of tomato paste, the Tomato News website provides information relating to the value of products exported by the main countries operating on the canned tomato sector (HS codes 20021010: Peeled tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid; HS 20021090: Unpeeled tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid; HS codes 20021011: Peeled tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, in immediate packings of a net content of more than 1 kg, and HS codes 20021019: Peeled tomatoes, whole or in pieces, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, in immediate packings weighing less than or equal to 1 kg).
For each of the five countries that play a significant role in international trade (Italy, Spain, USA, Greece and Portugal), Tomato News presents the average monthly unit values of exports (in USD/t) that are available for the past eighteen complete month for each category segment (customs codes of 8 digits or more), representative of the foreign trade operations of these countries.
EU: new detailed custom codes for tomato products
The European Union has adopted an updated customs nomenclature for processed tomato products effective on 1st January 2024 which will enable a better understanding of the trade.
The subdivision of the customs codes related to tomato products were outdated by the reality of the evolution of the market and international trade, which was making it very difficult to get a real picture of exchanges.
Following the proposals and strong justifications made the European tomato processors represented by TomatoEurope on these bases, the European Commission has adopted an updated customs nomenclature for processed tomato products, published officially in the Official Journal of the European Union on 31 October 2023 in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2364 (See related articles below).
Over the last five marketing years, these five countries have accounted for nearly 93% of the global trade of canned tomatoes.
This information is sourced from the trade statistics provided by the various national customs services of the countries concerned (all of which are regularly audited for reliability by information-collecting services at a worldwide level), as well as from other official or professional sources.
Source: Trade Data Monitor LLC, professional sources
