According to data from the Prices and Markets Observatory of Andalusia, tomatoes have reached their highest monthly average price in the last ten years, as in September they reached 1.35 Euro per kilo.
The lowest average prices were obtained in July and August 2004 and in May 2011, with 0.26 Euro per kilo; in July 2009 with 0.27 and in June 2011 with 0.28 Euro per kilo.
Consumer prices
Regarding consumer prices in Spain, the data provided do not include the entire decade; only from 2006. Since that year, the highest monthly average price for consumers was reached in April 2010, with 1.87 Euro per kilo. That same month, the price for growers was just of 0.82 Euro per kilo.
The second highest price paid by Spanish consumers was reached in April 2007, with 1.81 Euro per kilo. The average price for growers that month was of 0.76 Euro per kilo.
In March 2010, tomatoes reached a monthly average price of 1.79 Euro per kilo, when in the same month Andalusian growers were paid 0.82 Euro per kilo.
Source: Hortoinfo.es
