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Fruit Logistica • February 2013
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Companies
Fulgencio Spa, manager of Fulgencio Spa.
Fulgencio Spa |
The 50 percent
of its cherry
tomato is
branch
The firm will continue
delivering the offer on
the basis of the diversity
of markets. It will
continue distributing
the product among
national and international
markets for this
campaign.
The key product of
Fulgencio Spa is the
branch cherry tomato
and already represents
a 50 percent of the total
of tomato cherry,
taking second place the
round and pear cherry
tomatoes.
At present, the company
has five receiving
points on the coast of
Granada, which makes
it to have an annual
production of 14,000
tons between Granada,
with a surface of 100
hectares and the estates
located in Morocco.
The company foresees
to increase the surface
in 15 hectares in Granada
for this year, which
represents a rise of 13
percent. The cherry tomato
branch tomato
are sent for international
markets.
In fact, a large part of
these products are exported
to EU, with Germany,
United Kingdom
and the Netherlands as
reference markets. Although
the company
has recently started
dealing with Eastern
Europe markets, mainly
Russia, because “we
have noticed an increase
of cherry tomato
in this country”, says
Fulgencio Spa, manager
of Fulgencio Spa.
However, the company
prepares the organic
production for this
year, although the volume
would be relatively
small.
Campojoyma |
More than
5,000 tons of
organic cherry
tomato
Campojoyma foresees
to increase its organic
offer this campaign
between a 25-30 percent,
where the tomato
reaches 9,000 tons of
the 14,000 tons that
sold on average last
year.
This signature works a
wide range of organic
products, although
focus its efforts in six
products, where highlights
the tomato,
which represents a 65
percent of the total
sold.
The cherry tomato is
very important for the
economic future of the
company, because it
has reached 5,400 tons
of organic tomato cherry,
of where 1,200 tons
are pear cherry tomato;
2,000 tons are branch
cherry tomato and the
major part is concentrated
in cherry tomato.
Andrés Montoya.
The surface of organic
cherry tomato is increasing
and already
has 47 hectares. A 35
percent of the organic
product is divided between
courgette, tomato,
aubergine, cucumber
and pepper. In fact,
it closes the growing
cycle for 12 months.
Also it has introduced
Chinese cabbage, a referent
in the Spanish
market with 700 tons,
with a campaign that
includes from January
to the end of March.
The export is the key to
the economic development
of this company
from Almería, because
almost a 100 percent
of the production is
exported, being EU the
main destination, specially
the Nordic countries
(Sweden and Denmark)
and Germany.