Reader’s Digest: March 2022

In March 2022, we published the following articles:

• Prices of Canned Tomatoes, February 2022: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
• Weather Report for December 2021
• Following Russian's invasion of Ukraine, the price of carbon permits in Europe fell under Euro 70.
• Farmers in California are being careful with their cropping plans because of another potential dry year.
• Program of the 16^th ISHS Symposium on the Processing Tomato, held online from March 28 to April 1.
• Global leaders in the food industry are raising their prices to counter the soaring costs of raw materials and supply chain.
• Navatta now offers the WebZero loader, which allows a fully automated loading of the aseptic bags.
• Program of the 14^th World Processing Tomato Congress, held online from March 21 to March 25.
• German foreign purchases of tomato products dramatically increased since the pandemic.
• Global Imports of Tomato Products, updated 8 March 2022.
• The aim of the VA.PO.RE project, led by Tera Seeds and involving Conserve Italia and CREA OF, is to select the processing tomato variety of the future: providing a high quality fruit, excellent production yields and resistant to Peronospora and Alternaria.
• Argentina is expecting a production of about 630,000 tonnes, which would consolidate last year's result.
• Lycored unveiled two tomato serums for the pizza industry, Sante and Clear Tomato Concentrate, in an effort to reduce the amount of sugar and salt in sauces.
• The Iranian tomato industry exploded in foreign sales in 2020/2021, due to new destinations and increases on existing markets.
• Pomodoro Nord IO requested limited and reasonable modifications on the National Strategic Plan before its final approval.
• Paste Prices, Narch 2022: USA, Spain, Portugal, Italy, China, Chile.
• The Red Gold Tomatoes from Europe project launched a promotional campaign in India.
• WPTC First Global Forecast for the 2022 crop.
• Increasing energy costs are adding more pressure on the prices of flexible material, which are used in more than half of the food products sold in Europe.
• Global Exports of Tomato Paste, updated March 22 2022.
• In Nigeria, Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited started producing tomato paste variants in Kaduna.
• The value of Portuguese exports of tomato products increased by 7% compared to the previous marketing year, and by 15% compared to the pre-Covid period.
• Consumption in 2021 was very close to the level of 2020, confirming a good degree of sustainability in changes that have taken place in consumers' purchasing habits.
• MINTEC Commodity Report March 2022.
• Graco expanded its SoloTech line to include new precise metering pumps for fluid transfer.
• Price of canned tomatoes, March 2022: Italy, Spain, USA, Greece, Portugal.
• The European Council agreed on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulation, covering the following sectors: cement, aluminum, fertilizers, electric energy production, iron and steel.

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