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California: Weekly tonnage as of 21 September 2024

23/09/2024

Madeleine Royère-Koonings
California,
North America
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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 plateauing, with the year-to-date total still above the 5-year average to date.
 
For week twelve (ending September 21st) PTAB is estimating 674,029 metric tonnes (t) (742,990 short tons) were delivered to the factories. Week thirteen (ending September 28th) is estimated to be 679,112 t (748,593 short tons), which would bring the year-to-date total to an estimated 9,013,421 t (9,935,596 short tons).

 

The 2024 California Organic processing tomato deliveries for the week eleven (ending September 14th) were 6,257 t (6,897 short tons), which might indicate the end of the organic harvest. The total organic harvest is above the level of 2019 but stays under the level of the last 4 years.

If the weekly projections come true, the projected quantities on September 21st would represent approximately 88% of the revised California processors' target (10.251 million t) and would be 6% above the average quantities delivered on the same date over past five years.

Sources: PTAB, CLFP