California: Weekly tonnage as of 20 July 2024

The harvest season started a few days earlier than in previous years, with small quantities of organic tomatoes. Figures collected by the PTAB show that California processing tomato deliveries are already above the level of the 5-year average.

For week three (ending July 20th) PTAB is estimating 505,189 metric tonnes (t) (556,875 short tons) were delivered to the factories. Week four (ending July 27th) is estimated to be 776,974 t (856,467 short tons), which would bring the year-to-date total to an estimated 1,436,493 t (1,583,463 short tons).

The 2024 California Organic processing tomato deliveries for the week two (ending July 13th) were 82,545 t (90,990 short tons).

If the weekly projections come true, the projected quantities on July 27 would represent approximately 14% of the California processors' target (10.43 million t) and would be 32,4% above the average quantities delivered on the same date over past five years.

Sources: PTAB, CLFP