According to Dirk van Nieuwkerk from Anaco Greeve, the tomato market is currently developing stably. “Prices for Spanish tomatoes aren’t extremely high, nor are they extremely low. But looking at average prices in Almería, I don’t think it’s a bad season, it might even be one of the better seasons in recent years.”
“The only thing is that quite a few cheap Moroccan tomatoes were on the market in recent weeks, these were slightly in the way of Spanish trade. Prices were low for illuminated Dutch horticulturalists. That market is now finally recovering,” Dirk continues. “We’ll have to wait and see what sales of illuminated production will do. There has been a slight expansion again, naturally. Last year’s warm weather wasn’t the best for profits of Dutch horticulturalists. But it’s difficult to estimate how this season will be.”
Anaco Greeve sells the tomatoes throughout Europe. “The UK isn’t a very important market for us, so we won’t be too affected by Brexit. It’s been a while since the British were eagerly awaiting the arrival of Dutch round tomatoes on the market. It’s become a year-round trade much more. In the past, Christmas or Easter would see specialities for sale, but now there’s supply twelve months of the year, with the occasional fluctuations.”