AMITOM crop update as of 3 September 2025

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Sophie
September 6, 2025

AMITOM crop update as of 3 September 2025

Bulgaria

Half of the surfaces have now been harvested and factories are running at full capacity. The quality is better than last year with an average brix slightly over 5. The season should finish on target at the end of September.

Egypt

Harvesting expected to last till mid or 20 September, then we will have a transition period till 10 or mid of November to start the harvesting of Nili crop from (Sharkia, Beni Suif, Al-Fayoum & few quantities from Al-Minya – which has its peak during winter crop). The forecast remains the same at this moment.

France

To date 105,000 tonnes have been processed which is 60% of the total forecast which remains unchanged at 175,000 tonnes. Average brix is 5.17 and the penalties level at 6.8%. Quality is good now, but fruits were damaged in some fields as they were harvested overmature during the heatwave in the beginning of august. It rained both in the South-East and the South-West in the last few days, with a very heavy localised storm, and more rain is perhaps expected tomorrow everywhere and also next week in the South-West, so a difficult beginning of September seems to be foreseen.

Greece

The harvest is progressing well and there are no issues to report. The South should finish by next Monday and the Centre, where 75% of the crop has been harvested to date, around 20 September.

Hungary

By the beginning of September, we were halfway through the season. Harvesting was hampered by regional rains, but processors were able to operate continuously. Yields and quality are both excellent, and we can operate with extremely high Brix. The annual volume forecast is currently unchanged, but a minor correction may be necessary depending on the remaining areas.

Iran

The situation has improved as, after a poor harvest in the South, the season is going well in the North and West of the country with factories running at full capacity and expected to do so until the end of September. Temperatures are now good at 30-32°C and may drop but no rain is expected soon. Consequently, the total production could reach 1.8 million tonnes if good conditions continue, although the forecast remains 1.6 million tonnes for now.

Italy

In the North, the last figures released by OI Pomodoro Northern Italy reports as for 24 August a total volume processed of 1.62 million tonnes with an average brix of 5,21 and penalties 4,62. Quality remained good but there are some excess of green tomatoes due to staggered fruiting on the plant. Last week and at the start of this one we had rain in all northern regions from Alessandria to Ferrara (with some heavy rain in Mantova and Verona with more than 100 mm) with several days in which it was not possible to harvest tomatoes and the factories remained closed
The yield in the fields remain lower than average and despite the highest surface ever planted (around 45,000 hectares) it will be difficult to get the target of 3.2 million tonnes and we revise the number to 3 million tonnes considering the situation and the % of hectares already collected. The weather forecast for the next two weeks is good. Let’s see how it goes and if late crops can recover something on the average yields.

In the Centre-South the situation is not good with most factories now at less than 50% capacity as tomatoes are not ripening. There is a split maturation with some ripe tomatoes while the third crown still green so many green tomatoes are left in the fields. Many greens are also delivered to the factories, so the processing yields now are the worst recorded in the last ten years, after a good start. Processors are paying higher prices than initially expected especially for long tomato varieties. It will be a long crop from 15 July to an expected end in early October.

The forecast for Italy is reduced from 5.8 to 5.5 million tonnes for now but the final level will depend on a good September.

Portugal

The crop is delayed with only about 30% of the volume processed to date. The ripening of tomatoes is irregular, which means that in some areas there is 25-30% of green tomatoes left in the fields after harvesting. There are also fields which are still too green and growers need to wait for the ripening. The most delayed fields are still in the development stage; these were in areas flooded the longest after the rains in April and are the most late fields. Even with all this irregularity in the tomatoes fields we are having very good colour, and while brix was low in the beginning, now it is better than average. Therefore, the forecast is reduced from 1.35 to 1.3 million tonnes, but the next three weeks will be crucial to advance the crop even if going into October (not sure for how long) will be inevitable.

Spain

The harvest is late and as of 31 August only 47% of the expected overall volume had been processed, when normally it is about 63%. About 62% of the target has been achieved in Andalusia where the first factory should close around 9-10 September, and only 20 to 40% in Extremadura depending on the area with the harvest expected to finish around 10 October. Yields are on average down by 20% in Andalusia and they fluctuate in Extremadura but are generally also lower than usual. Fortunately, brix levels are generally higher than normal. Temperatures are now cool, but rain is forecast this weekend. The total forecast is reduced for now from 2.5 to 2.4 million tonnes, but the final production will depend on a good September harvest. There is no factory running at full capacity.

Tunisia

As of 1 September 2025, four units remain in operation, with a total processed volume of 920,000 tonnes of tomatoes.

Turkey

The southern area is as of today finished harvesting. The Bursa area is around 50% through the harvest with an expected increase in harvest speed over the next 2 weeks due to bunching in the late planting from the high temperatures. There is also a lower yield in the later harvest and due to this we will reduce our forecast to 2.2 million tonnes. The Konya region started the harvest last week and is going on.

Ukraine

No new data