2019: The largest exporting countries of tomatoes
15 countries, the largest exporters of tomatoes during 2019
1. Mexico: 2.2 billion US dollars (24.1% of the total amount of export of tomatoes).
2. Netherlands: $2 billion (22%)
3. Spain: $1.1 billion (11.7%)
4. Morocco: $765.2 million (8.5%)
5. France: $381.5 million (4.3%)
6. Canada: $379.2 million (4.2%)
7. Belgium: $308.9 million (3.4%)
8. Turkey: $303.1 million (3.4%)
9. USA: $291.7 million (3.3%)
10. China: $200.2 million (2.2%)
11. Azerbaijan: $189.3 million (2.1%)
12. Italy: $131.8 million (1.5%)
13. Poland: $71.1 million (0.8%)
14. Portugal: $67.6 million (0.8%)
15. Belarus: $52.2 million (0.6%)
From 15 countries listed in the list in 2019 92.8% of universal export of tomatoes in value term are shipped.
Among the largest exporters the most fast-growing exporters of tomatoes since 2015 were:
- Azerbaijan (growth by 227.3%),
- Morocco (growth by 44.8%),
- China (growth by 41.1%) and
- Portugal (growth by 25.9%).
The following countries showed the highest negative net export of tomatoes during 2019. The statistical data given below reflect a difference between the cost of import purchases of tomatoes by each country and its export on the same goods.
1. USA:-2.1 billion US dollars (true export deficit increased by 25.5% since 2015).
2. Germany: - 1.4 billion dollars (growth by 7.2%)
3. Great Britain: - 636.6 million dollars (growth by 0.1%)
4. Russia: - 631.1 million dollars (-3.8%)
5. France: - 322.9 million dollars (growth by 19.1%)
6. Poland: - 173.7 million dollars (growth by 82.2%)
7. Sweden:-154.8 million dollars (-3.7%)
8. Romania:-106.3 million dollars (growth by 82.6%)
9. Czech Republic: - 103.9 million dollars (growth by 6.3%)
10. Saudi Arabia:-86.8 million dollars
11. Switzerland: - 83.3 million dollars (growth by 3.6%)
12. Denmark: - 73.5 million dollars (growth by 20.6%)
13. Austria: - 73 million dollars (growth by 6.9%)
14. Finland: - 63.4 million dollars (growth by 8.6%)
15. Norway:-58.7 million dollars (-9.3%)
This negative cash flow emphasizes strong competitive disadvantages of the countries for this specific category of a product and also indicates opportunities for supplying countries of tomatoes which help to meet high demand.