“This year, early production from the Netherlands and the UK was brought forward by warm April weather, so that led to a prompt finish to the season,” said Tony Zerpa of specialist Canary Islands tomato importer Victoria Trading. “The whole season went quite smoothly from the supply and demand point of view and prices were better than last year, but then last year, prices were disastrous.”
Fruit quality pleased senders and receivers alike and plantings were also registered as being lower, which helped keep supply and demand in balance.
According to the Las Palmas exporters’ association Fedex, sendings reached 195,600 tonnes, a fall of some six per cent on the 2005-06 season. The association said some disease problems with the spoon virus, for example, led to growers pulling up some of their plants, which reduced production.
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