However, despite a slight decrease in its price, in week 51, branch tomato and pear tomato prices increased by up to 200% and 82%, respectively, over the previous season, according to the Price Observatory of the Junta de Andalucía. Thus, the product is staying in North Africa, and fewer tomatoes are entering Europe, which has been noticeable." "There's a lack of branch tomatoes this year. In fact, at the moment, the branch tomato is being sold for more than 2 euros per kilo." According to the most recent report of reinforced monitoring of tomato imports by the EU, in September, EU tomato imports from Morocco decreased by 28.2% over the same month of the previous year, and tomato imports from Tunisia decreased by 43.6%.
