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California: Weekly tonnage as of 28 September 2024

30/09/2024

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 now decreasing, with the year-to-date total only slightly above the 5-year average to date.
 
For week thirteen (ending September 28th) PTAB is estimating 647,371 metric tonnes (t) (713,604 short tons) were delivered to the factories. Week fourteen (ending October 5th) is estimated to be 486,174 t (535,915 short tons), which would bring the year-to-date total to an estimated 9,453,021 t (10,420,172 short tons).

No Organic processing tomato deliveries for the week twelve (ending September 21st) were made, so the organic harvest is now finished. 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 28th would represent approximately 94,7% of the newly revised California processors' target (9.98 million t) and would be 2.7% above the average quantities delivered on the same date over past five years.

Sources: PTAB, CLFP