AMITOM crop update as of 17 September 2025

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Sophie
September 21, 2025

AMITOM crop update as of 17 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

The summer crop is almost done with about 98% of the volume and will finish by 20th September. It is going well at the moment. Then there will be a transition period with the small Nili crop until the end of December before the winter crop starts in January.

France

At the end of last week 140, 000 tonnes had been processed with 7% penalties and an average brix of 5.08. This is 80% of the contracts. The quality is good but more and more green fruits are delivered to the factories. A few small plants have already closed but the harvest should continue for another 2 to 3 weeks and should reach the forecast of 175,000 tonnes or maybe reach 180,000 tonnes. Some rain is expected in the south-west next week, and maybe in the south-east too.

Greece

The season is finished in the South and it will continue with small quantities until the end of September in the Centre where already 90-95 % of the volumes have been processed. In the centre the farm yields are very high and some of the tomatoes will not be harvested. The overall forecast is raised to 510,000 tonnes. Brix averages 5 and colour is good at 2.30-2.35.

Hungary

Leaving mid-September behind, we could be approaching the end of the season this weekend. However, the harvest has been hampered by rains in the past week, so the previously smoothly progressing processing has been disrupted by the precipitation. As previously reported, both the yield averages and the quality remain excellent. The quantity forecast has increased accordingly; we expect the total quantity to be around 95,000 tonnes.

Iran

The situation has improved and there are more tomatoes and factories are at now at full capacity. The weather has cooled down to the high 20°C which favours the harvesting, and there is no issue with water. Consequently, the forecast may increase to 1.8 million tonnes and maybe more as there are tomatoes available and low prices on the market.

Italy

In the North, the last report available from OI Pomodoro North is updated to 07/09 with 2.18 million tonnes processed brix average of 5.15 and penalties of 4,18%. The week from 1st to 7 September shows a volume of 263,000 tonnes delivered with a weekly average brix of 4.87 that is lower compared to the previous weeks and quite normal for late crop tomatoes. Quality remains good.
For last week that ended 14 September official figures are not available yet, but we expect to have processed more than 300,000 tonnes since the rain we had was very limited and did not interrupt the harvest.
From now on, there are almost two weeks left of harvesting for late tomatoes and at the end of September many processors will finish. In October will remain a very little quantity.
We keep the forecast at 3 million tonnes which is an ambitious goal at the moment given the delivery situation, but we’ll see how the harvest evolves this week and if the weather conditions (a low pressure system is expected to pass at the beginning of next week) will allow us to reach this target or not.

In the Centre and South, 2.05 million tonnes had been processed as of 8 September with data from last week still being collected. Heavy rain of up to 140 mm last Wednesday on the Tyrrhenian side stopped the harvest until Monday but it did not affect Puglia. The harvest is now progressing well with full volumes since yesterday. Quality is good with less green than earlier on. Yields are very poor in areas irrigated with the Occhito dam, sometimes as low as 25 tonnes per hectare and the average yields are expected to be around 75 t/ha, against a normal 80 t/ha.

The total expectation for Italy remains 5.5 million tonnes.

Portugal

On the 7th of September we had the first rain that was mainly during the night with no major consequences. Last week and specially this week the weather is quite good with temperatures between 30-35ºC and evenings between 13-16ºC with cool mornings.
The quality remains quite good, with very good colour, but the average brix remains low at 5.0 which is clearly a characteristic of this season.
On the 14th of September 55% of the estimated volume for Portugal had been harvested even if not all factories are at the same level of processing.
There is a considerable area to be harvested where tomato fields are still green which means the crop will continue into October.
In the area of Alentejo, the yields through the harvesting have been lower than usual, and in the area of Ribatejo current fields being harvested for the last two weeks have improved compared with the beginning of the season. Since there is still half of the crop to go, the forecast is kept for now at 1.3 million tonnes as any change will depend on the next weeks to come.

Spain

In Andalucia the season is almost finished with only one factory still running. Yields were the lowest ever and production is 20% lower than expected.

In Extremadura, in the Vegas Altas, factories should all close between 20 and 30 September. Field yields were also 10 to 20% lower than normal.

In the Vegas Bajas the harvest could continue until 10-12 October if weather conditions are good.

To date, the weather has been good in September with only one day of rain and good temperatures to date. The final result will depend on the weather in the next couple of weeks but the forecast of 2.4 million tonnes is maintained.

Tunisia

As of 15 September, only two factories remain open with a total volume processed to date of 934,000 tonnes. The season is nearing the end.

Turkey

The harvest is finished in the south and has a maximum of ten days more to go in the Bursa area. Factories are running at a low capacity now and quality is average to good. The weather is good with no rain forecast.

In the Konya region the harvest will continue until mid October but surfaces were reduced this year.

The overall forecast remains 2.2 million tonnes.