Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Andreea Daniela GIUCĂ

The study presents the main trends in the Romanian tomato market in the last decade. In order to identify trends in the tomato market, national and regional studies were carried out and a number of indicators were analyzed, including cultivated area, tomato production, average yield per hectare, base price, tomato consumption, but also the foreign trade of tomatoes (export and import). The processing methods included: descriptive statistics regarding mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation and annual growth rate. Although the area cultivated with tomatoes decreased by approximately 30%, the average production per hectare reached 21,681 kg/ha in 2021, an increase of 40%. However, Romania's tomato market currently has a significant deficit in the trade balance (approximately 112,694 thousand euros in 2021). For this reason, it is necessary to stimulate productivity growth and increase efficiency along the chain of agri-food products by investing in modern agricultural exploitation.

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