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Brazil’s total tomato crop reached
3,686,816 tons in 2015, according to a re-
port by the IBGE Automatic Recovery Sys-
tem (Sidra). For 2016, the projection is for a
10.17% smaller crop, remaining at 3,311,956
tons. With regard to productivity, in 2015
the farmers harvested 64,817 kilograms per
hectare, from an area of 56,880 hectares. In
the new growing season, the planted area
is supposed to reach no more than 52,503
hectares, down approximately 7.77%. Now-
adays, the main tomato producing states
in Brazil are Goiás, São Paulo and Minas
Gerais, which, together devote upwards of
33.6 thousand hectares to the crop.
companies of the sector, forcing many of
them to import the vegetable. With regard
to exports, whether fresh or in processed
form, the numbers are insignificant. Cur-
rently the United States and China lead the
tomato exporting market.
According to the Foreign Trade Statistics
System of Brazilian Agribusiness (Agrostat),
a division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Live-
stock and Food Supply (Mapa), in 2015 the
Country exported 198,400 kilograms of to-
matoes and another 2,184,538 kilos of pre-
pared or preserved tomatoes. Together, the
shipments amounted to US$ 2,226,813.00
over the period. Currently, the leading buy-
ers of our national products are the neigh-
boring countries in Latin America: Bolivia,
Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.
Abratop designs that
difficulties financial
should continue in 2016
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Previsão da safra brasileira de tomates
NAS LAVOURAS
In the fields
Fonte:
Sidra/IBGE.
Ano
Produção Área plantada Rendimento médio
(toneladas)
(hectares)
(kg/ha)
2015
3.686.816
56.926
64.817
2016
3.311.956
52.503
63.101
Exportações nacionais em 2015
EMBARQUES
Shipments
Fonte:
Agrostat/Mapa.
Produto
Volume (quilos) Movimentação (US$)
Tomate
198.400
51.748
Tomates preparados ou conservados
2.184.538
2.175.065
