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By Rafael I. Losilla
The development of the
specialties of tomato in Morocco
has been constant and at
the present day it surpasses
nine per cent of the tomato
surface and almost 16 per cent
of the exports of tomato of
Morocco.
The development has been
important and in only one
year cherry tomato increased
13 per cent and cheery cocktail
tomato 34 per cent. Morocco
exported in the last campaign
Cherry tomato is for Morocco
a good way for the export
The companies of Morocco have noticed that cherry tomato is a product to
develop because of its good behaviour in the markets, which has caused the
introducing of new producers in a line of product that already means 16 per
cent of the tomato exports.
78,754 tons of specialties tomato.
The labour in the operation
costs favoured the situation of
the loose cherry tomato
among the producers of Morocco
and thus companies as Delassus
or Idyl supplied more
than 20,000 tons during the
previous campaign.
In addition Delassus is working
in extending its surface
50 hectares in a new zone that
will allow it to produce cherry
tomato in the months of summer
for its customers.
Doubts
The increasing tendency of
the cherry tomato last years in
Morocco has caused the introducing
of new producers and
operators who have caused a
strong effect of the
“commodity” factor in the cherry
tomato. Many of these producers
have come and gone
and others have been forced
to decrease their investments
in this product. They are the
cases of GPA or the phase of
consolidation of Azura with
its range “Gourmet Tomates”.
In fact, many of the new
developments are linked only
to cherry loose tomato because
of the difficult management
and costs of working with
other specialties of cherry tomato.
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