Morocco will produce less cherry tomato for the cost of labor.

The representatives of Morocco reported that in 2015/2016 provide for a total production of 803.600 tons of tomato, a 2% less than the last campaign.

Morocco reported forecast for the campaign 2015/2016, that round tomato production will increase, within the framework of the Group of experts of tomato in the EU, formed by representatives of the producers and sectoral associations of States members and the European Commission and who met Friday in Brussels.

The representatives of Morocco reported that in 2015/2016 expected a total production of 803.600 tons of tomato, a 2% less than the campaign 2014/2015 with the following distribution: round tomato 68%, branch 6%, Cherry 26%.

This redistribution implies a reduction of the production of cherry and its specialties, that representatives of Morocco brought against their increased cost of production, both equipment and containers, as in "labor". It also implies a higher offer in round tomato.

In relation to the provisions in other Member States the representatives of France and Netherlands stated that his campaign will extend until mid November, highlighting your satisfaction by good economic performance of the summer-autumn campaign facilitated by a supply reduction and an increase in demand because of high temperatures, with prices much higher than the average of the past five years from August.

For the next campaign, provides stability on the surface of the crop in the main producing countries.

At the meeting, the reform of the price of entry was also analyzed. FEPEX moved the need to establish two distinct round tomato and cherry tomato import values and the representatives of Morocco defended the value of import to both lump sum follow calculating daily, instead of weekly as proposed by the European Commission.

The Panel's forecast of tomato is one of the sectoral groups of consultative status by the European Commission, composed of representatives of producers and the industry associations of the various Member States and the Commission. It meets twice a year and aims to analyze campaign in the EU forecasts and analyze market situation mainly.