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 Pakage>5kg 2011 Pakage>5kg 2012         QTY(T) Amount(1000 USD)   QTY(T) Amount(1000 USD)   var°in T 2011/2012 1 Italy 62 841,47 42 920,00 Italy 36 695,00 26 170,00   42% 2 Russia 42 691,88 30 816,00 Russia 47 392,00 33 834,00   11% 3 Japan 25 799,62 19 682,00 Japan 26 918,00 21

In your diaries DATE TITLE LOCATION WEBSITE & CONTACT 2012 Oct.21-26 SIAL PARIS (France) http://www.sialparis.fr/ Oct. 31- Nov. 02 MAFEX Casablanca (Morocco) http://www.ifw-expo.com/uploads/tx_userifwexpomessen/Mafex_Information.pdf For more information on these events, or to add your own events to the list, please contact us. mm@tomatoland.com Tel: 00 33 1 46 25 05 30 / 00 33 1 47

China: Small cans exports increased significantly in 2012 Chinese exports of tomato paste increased significantly (8%) in the first half of the year (January-June 2012), 521,000 tons last year to 561 000 T. in 2012. The increase is mainly related to an increase in tomato paste sales in small cans (less than 5 kg), which

Bascially speaking there are two types of commerically grown tomato – those cultivated for fresh consumption and those that are grown to be used in a wide array of processed products. Individually speaking the processing tomato is anonymous, though the popularity of the end product – be it tomato paste, tomato based sauces, ketchup or

Fresh concerns are being raised about the future of the Australian tomato industry with proposed import conditions providing an opportunity for an exotic insect pest to enter our nation. The Tomato-potato psyllid a small, flying insect resembling a cicada which has wreaked havoc in New Zealand and North America, could potentially be headed to Australian

3>Process : The standard process is as follows : The standard process is as follows : 1- Sampling and weighing 2- Washing (soaking / spray rinsing) to get rid of all foreign matters 3- Selection (hand picking / optical sorting) to get rid of unsatisfactory fruits or foreign bodies 4- Crushing to obtain a natural

Processed tomato concentrate is the product prepared by concentrating the liquid obtained from substantially sound, mature red tomatoes. Such liquid is strained or otherwise prepared to exclude skins, seeds and other coarse or hard substances in the finished product (Codex). Tomato concentrate may be considered “tomato puree” or “tomato paste” when the concentrate meets these

I> Process : The standard process is as follows : 1- Sampling and weighing 2- Washing (soaking / spray rinsing) to get rid of all foreign matters and Calibration 3- Selection (hand picking / optical colour sorting) to get rid of unsatisfactory fruits or foreign bodies 4- Peeling with steam or caustic soda (this old