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The technological and mechanical advances in self-propelled machines for the harvesting of tomatoes for industry have led to levels of perfection that are hard to beat, both in terms of hourly yield and in terms of meeting raw material quality criteria. The only ingredient that can really make a difference is the experience of the

The full program of the 10th World Processing Tomato Congress and the 12th ISHS Symposium on the Processing Tomato in Beijing on June 09-11, 2012 including the list of speakers is now available on www.worldtomatocongress.com. Register before 15 April 2012 to benefit from the early bird registration rate. Congress theme – Tomato processing and emerging

European Union Export Statistics Commodity: 200210, Canned Tomatoes destin. 2008 2009 2010 United Kingdom T 305 426 256 247 318 323 Germany T 156 377 164 328 183 354 France T 129 022 126 884 125 339 United States T 82 221 77 196 89 648 Japan T 77 515 82 430 86 967 Australia

  Global Processing Tomato Volumes Final results as of Jan. 31st., 2012 TOMATOLAND METRIC TONS / raw product equivalents 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Forec 2012 Chg % % Tot. (11) Rank (11) Non Europe Amitom (1) Non Europe Amitom (1) Turkey 1 283 950 1 500 2 000

Global Processing Tomato Volumes  Final results as of Jan. 31st., 2012 TOMATOLAND METRIC TONS / raw product equivalents 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Forec 2012 Chg % % Tot. (11) Rank (11) European Union Amitom (1) European Union Italy    4 875    4 800    4 304   

A huge drop in the 2012 production expected with a possible shortage ahead ! The Chinese Canning Association just revealed that the forecast for 2012 stands at 5.1 Millions MT. of fresh tomatoes . This is a 25 % drop from 2011 and about half the volume processed in 2009 ! Some local sources predict an

In 2011, the GICA (a Tunisian organization representing the food canning industry) announced production results of 868 000 tonnes, but no estimates can be given for 2012. On December 31st, 2011, the inventory of available double-concentrated paste was stated at 95 000 tonnes. Usual disappearance from January to June stands at 35 000 tonnes, implying