Reader’s Digest: July 2024

In July 2024, we published the following articles:

• In Italy, lawyers filed a complaint, on behalf of Uyghur advocacy groups, over containers of tomato paste exported from Xinjiang to Salerno.
• Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated July 2, 2024.
• Executive summary of the presentation given by Euromonitor International during the WPTC Congress in Budapest on "Tomato Products: Navigating global markets, consumer insights and product dynamics".
• US Processed Tomato stocks-on-hand report for June 1, 2024
• Scientists from China Agricultural University in Beijing have developed novel processing techniques to make tomatoes more nutritious and accessible.
• AMITOM Crop Report as of 3 July 2024.
• California: weekly tonnage as of 6 July 2024.
• Comments on US Inventories as of June 1, 2024.
• From the keynote presentation given by Ryan Avery (Bayer Vegetable Seeds) during the WPTC Congress in Budapest on "Emerging Trends in Agriculture".
• Bolivia imports from neighboring countries in order to meet national demand.
• California: Weekly Tonnage as of 13 July 2024.
• Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated 17 July, 2024.
• Oussama M'Hamdi won the ISHS Young Minds Award for the best poster presentation during the XVII International Symposium on Processing Tomato on "Prediction of Tomato Traits Utilizing Machine Learning Models".
• The La Doria group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, for direct and indirect emissions, by 46.2% by 2031.
• Princes Industrie Alimentari is implementing artificial intelligence-based solutions, as well as an internal adaptation process to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive recently approved by the EU.
• California: Weekly Tonnage as of 20 July 2024.
• Global Trade: the total value of trade for the 15 leading exporters add s up to more than USD 7 billion, which represents an increase of 22% compared to last year.
• Key Research Findings from the presentation given by Matthew Stewart during the World Processing Tomato Congress in Budapest.
• Prices of Canned Tomatoes, July 2024: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
• In Portugal, the season starts with some damage to the crops due to the weather and difficulties to recruit.
• Chinese companies are currently looking to invest in Kazakhstan, and setting up tomato paste production in the country could be under consideration.
• California: Weekly Tonnage as of 27 July 2024.
• WPTC Crop Update as of 26 July 2024.
• Climate situation as of July 20, 2024: drought conditions in Southern and Eastern, high temperatures in California Europe and an early start of the season in China.
• Léna Doyle won the ISHS Young Minds Award for the best oral presentation at the 17^th ISHS Symposium in Budapest in June, on the Alternaria toxins. 

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