APRIL, 2020

1. PRODUCTION

 The major Tomato producing states in the country are Madhya Pradesh,

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal,Tamil

Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Telangana. These

states account for about 90% of the total production of the country.

 Details regarding seasonality and harvesting period of Tomato crop in the

country are given in Table-1.1.

 As per report received from different states All India expected production in

2019-20 is estimated to be 186.08 Lakh Tonnes (Table-1.2)

Table-1.1: SEASONS, TRANSPLANTING & HARVESTING PERIOD AND

PRODUCTION

(Agriculture Year: July-June, Production in Lakh Tonnes)

PRODUCTION
HARVESTING
SEASON TRANSPLANTING
PERIOD
2018-19 2019-20
(Final) (Expected)

Kharif May – July July - November 51.04 46.95

December -
Rabi October – February 131.39 139.13
June

TOTAL 182.43 186.08

Source: As reported by State Directorates of Horticulture for 2018-19 and 2019-20

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 Table-1.2: STATE-WISE TOMATO PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY

(Production in ‘000 Tonnes)

Five year Average

2019-20
(2014-15 to 2018- 2018-19
(Expected)
19)
STATE/Uts

% % %
Production Production Production
Share Share Share

Andhra Pradesh 2687.78 14.27 2503.00 13.72 2169.00 11.66

Madhya Pradesh 2423.56 12.87 2516.00 13.79 2588.00 13.91

Karnataka 1935.80 10.28 1600.00 8.77 1419.00 7.63

Odisha 1318.68 7.00 1304.00 7.15 1306.00 7.02

Gujarat 1342.81 7.13 1366.00 7.49 1567.00 8.42

West Bengal 1224.08 6.50 1268.00 6.95 1271.00 6.83

Bihar 992.62 5.27 964.00 5.28 964.00 5.18

Maharashtra 962.19 5.11 861.00 4.72 1040.00 5.59

Telangana 1027.86 5.46 892.00 4.89 623.00 3.35

Haryana 677.98 3.60 651.00 3.57 566.00 3.04

Uttar Pradesh 750.07 3.98 510.00 2.80 529.00 2.84

Tamil Nadu 660.91 3.51 814.00 4.46 1352.00 7.27

Total of Above States 16090.34 84.98 15249.00 83.59 15393.00 82.72

Other States 2828.05 15.02 2994.00 16.41 3215.00 17.28

All India 18832.39 100.00 18243.00 100.00 18608.00 100

Source: State Directorate of Horticulture

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2. CURRENT STATUS

 Harvesting of Rabi Tomato is continuing in major Rabi growing Tomato i.e.

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,

Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.

 As reported by states upto April 2020, Rabi Area sown is 6.055 Lakh Ha.

against 5.73 Lakh Ha. last year.

 Total area during 2019-20 sown is 7.87 lakh ha. in the country as against

7.58 lakh ha. of last year.

3. MARKET ARRIVALS AND WHOLESALE PRICES

 State-wise monthly market arrivals and average wholesale prices of Tomato

for the month of April, 2020, March, 2020 (previous month) and April, 2019

(corresponding month of previous year) are given inTable-3.1

 Arrivals in April 2020 are less than the corresponding month of previous

year as well as previous month.

 All India Monthly Market Arrivals and Average Wholesale Prices from

January 2016 to April 2020 along with Delhi market are given from Table 3.2

to Table 3.5.

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 Table-3.1: STATE-WISEMARKET ARRIVAL AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE
WHOLESALE PRICES OF TOMATO

April, 2020 March, 2020 April, 2019

Market Average Market Average Market Average

Arrivals Wholesale Arrivals Wholesale Arrivals Wholesale
(in Prices (in Prices (in Prices
States Tonnes) (Rs/Qtl.) Tonnes) (Rs/Qtl.) Tonnes) (Rs/Qtl.)
Karnataka 41149.00 1570.22 28351.00 603.64 19528.00 1681.84
Uttar Pradesh 33785.61 1368.16 37186.65 986.82 41123.08 1252.86
NCT of Delhi 12170.28 1083.91 14965.15 NA 20978.57 1273.18
Haryana 11689.88 1699.78 9339.50 1222.18 8937.26 1344.90
Gujarat 10369.08 753.47 18039.20 533.22 25430.20 925.57
Chattisgarh 10017.00 831.60 7661.50 501.51 5951.00 1420.47
Telangana 7034.38 402.17 7222.55 566.13 4906.06 1772.44
Andhra Pradesh 6485.11 506.85 3110.19 598.62 9653.09 1619.73
West Bengal 6361.90 1333.80 7594.53 1321.91 6379.50 1932.92
Rajasthan 4911.79 980.77 8284.54 841.69 11442.95 1141.95
Jammu and
4574.40 2264.42 1926.70 2064.09 3653.90 2793.17
Kashmir
Odisha 4252.53 1638.82 8239.74 1286.50 8851.77 2239.06
Punjab 3670.90 1321.73 12494.56 814.71 9309.32 1439.23
Maharashtra 3115.00 592.73 21301.00 591.10 18748 1072.18
Uttrakhand 3008.40 1802.10 3628.80 986.82 3514.50 1252.86
Kerala 2832.04 1570.22 3740.58 1641.36 4077.92 2674.12
Chandigarh 1185.39 NA 890.53 NA 1600.94 1266.82
Madhya Pradesh 1142.97 735.81 3868.62 682.33 4268.91 777.82
Himachal
730.38 2030.14 561.28 1690.74 859.60 2153.93
Pradesh
Tripura 292.88 1729.81 287.10 2162.15 155.70 1941.54
Nagaland 284.50 2764.68 57.44 3620.89 29.00 6789.66
Andaman and
NA NA NA NA 0.18 5500.00
Nicobar
Assam NA NA 251.5 NA 281.00 1831.14
Jharkhand NA NA NA NA 54.52 2059.83
Meghalaya NA NA 28.1 NA 31.30 2742.73
Mizoram NA NA 12.8 NA 1.37 4650.00
TOTAL : 169063.40 1291.88 199043.6 1207.61 209767.60 2112.14
Source:1.Arrivals:http://agmarknet.gov.in/PriceTrends/SA_TotalArrival.aspx
2. Prices: http://agmarknet.gov.in/PriceTrends/SA_Pri_Month.aspx

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 Table-3.2: ALL INDIA MONTHLY ARRIVALS OF TOMATO

Arrivals in '000 Tonnes

Month All India Arrivals

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

January 234.60 235.33 315.69 239.64 242.25

February 219.81 198.81 277.57 209.22 212.93
March 241.82 213.84 273.20 211.17 199.04
April 237.94 270.25 239.62 209.77 169.06
May 338.76 325.09 303.30 207.96
June 291.48 277.80 338.44 228.46
July 288.92 219.84 392.71 264.80
August 391.04 235.16 417.35 303.75
September 411.59 365.19 450.24 357.98
October 385.85 327.06 443.29 351.01
November 362.09 231.20 300.57 319.28
December 281.27 274.73 275.37 299.16
Source: http://agmarknet.gov.in/PriceTrends/SA_TotalArrival.aspx

Table-3.3: MONTHLY ARRIVALS OF TOMATO IN DELHI

Arrivals in '000 Tonnes

Month Arrivals of Delhi

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

January 21.16 22.97 21.79 21.37 22.27
February 24.24 23.63 21.80 21.28 14.65
March 23.79 23.51 26.28 21.58 14.96
April 24.11 21.58 19.82 20.98 12.17
May 21.92 17.45 21.73 16.38
June 14.29 14.67 21.57 15.30
July 14.90 13.18 19.76 17.03
August 22.04 13.11 23.61 22.06
September 18.64 19.03 22.66 20.16
October 25.03 18.52 23.17 17.83
November 21.02 16.94 22.03 23.06
December 24.24 19.19 23.68 20.90
Source: http://agmarknet.gov.in/PriceTrends/SA_TotalArrival.aspx

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 Table-3.4: ALL INDIA MONTHLY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF
TOMATO

(Prices in Rs/Quintal)

Month 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

January 1742.0 1294.4 1705.9 1811.5 1522.2

February 1331.5 1177.5 1293.1 1552.2 1306.3
March 979.1 1279.0 1160.0 1986.2 1207.6
April 1246.9 1440.5 1140.5 2112.1 1291.9
May 2297.3 1427.5 1266.1 2747.6
June 2995.3 2026.1 1764.2 2812.9
July 2658.4 3983.7 2044.5 3074.8
August 1876.0 3927.0 1750.6 2718.8
September 1797.8 2543.5 1588.6 2236.7
October 1839.8 2712.1 1568.5 2861.6
November 1682.2 3537.1 1639.5 2647.1
December 1181.1 2147.8 1399.2 1557.7
Source: http://agmarknet.gov.in/PriceTrends/SA_Pri_Month.aspx

Figure 3.4: ALL INDIA MONTHLY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF

TOMATO
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
4500.0

4000.0 2017
Prices in Rs./Qtl

3500.0

3000.0
2019
2500.0
2020
2000.0
2018 2016
2020
1500.0 2020

1000.0

500.0

0.0

MONTHS

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Table-3.5:MONTHLY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF TOMATO IN DELHI
(Prices in Rs/Quintal)

Month 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

January 1523.0 543.8 900.9 1072.7 1445.9

February 1110.7 684.4 704.5 1141.5 1008.1
March 876.1 943.8 642.5 1570.3 NA
April 736.0 875.1 600.0 1273.2 1083.9
May 780.6 643.8 342.1 1569.9
June 2153.9 1298.6 823.5 1310.0
July 2646.7 4049.7 1829.5 2423.2
August 1404.2 3707.2 1381.2 2087.2
September 1438.7 1931.5 1032.5 1681.3
October 1241.6 2484.2 1176.2 3033.3
November 945.0 3390.8 1115.2 1918.0
December 699.2 1506.2 931.8 954.2
Source: http://agmarknet.gov.in/PriceTrends/SA_Pri_Month.aspx

Figure 3.5: MONTHLY AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES FOR TOMATO

IN DELHI
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
4500.0

4000.0
Prices in Rs./Qtl

3500.0

3000.0

2500.0

2000.0
2019
1500.0 2017

1000.0 2018
2016
500.0

0.0

MONTHS

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4. EXPORT
Table-4.1: MONTHLY EXPORT OF TOMATO

Export
2018 2019 2020
Month/Year Value in Value in
Qty in Value in Qty in Qty in
Rs. Rs.
Tonnes Rs. Crore Tonnes Tonnes
Crore Crore
January 5.32 3042 7.89 3095 19.24 9683
February 3.73 2330 4.45 1723 10.25 6379
March 4.25 2451 3.52 2593 6.36 4364
April 3.83 2747 2.61 2026 3.67 2837
May 4.11 2863 3.07 1764
June 6.18 2798 4.39 2216
July 17.16 6134 16.18 6273
August 23.99 8973 18.80 7493
September 40.82 15922 28.26 11019
October 76.20 24163 21.93 8197
November 57.21 22835 53.00 17947
December 16.38 5954 37.97 15638
Total 259.18 100212 202.07 79984 39.52 23263
Source: DGCI&S

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