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2025: Completion of tomato paste plant. Volume of investments - 8 billion rubles

In the Astrakhan region, the construction of a large plant for the production of tomato paste with a total investment of ₽8 billion is nearing completion. This was announced on August 13, 2025 at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing Industry of the Astrakhan Region.

According to TASS, the new enterprise of Tomarina will have significant production capacity. Daily processing will be 4.5 thousand tons of tomatoes, and by 2026 the plant will reach full capacity of 230 thousand tons of tomatoes per year with the production of 28 thousand tons of finished paste. To ensure production, the necessary raw materials have already been planted in the region.

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Фото: Freepik

The Minister of Agriculture and Fishing Industry of the Astrakhan Region Sergey Eskov previously noted the strategic importance of the project for the domestic food industry. According to him, the launch of a new tomato processing plant will ensure about 50% of the production of tomato paste in Russia. This will significantly strengthen the country's food security and reduce dependence on imports.

Astrakhan region has held a leading position in Russian vegetable growing for many years. The region confidently retains the first place in the production of vegetables in Russia both in all categories of farms and in the commodity sector of the economy. At the end of 2024, the share of the Astrakhan region amounted to 30% in the total production of open ground vegetables in the commodity sector of Russia.

The structure of the use of vegetables produced in the region demonstrates a high export orientation of the industry. The population of the region consumes only 10% of the total production of vegetables - about 120 thousand tons. About 30% of the produced products are sent to industrial processing, which creates the basis for the development of the food industry of the region.^[1]

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