an urgent meeting and a package of extraordinary measures of support for the sector. These, on the serious crisis that is affecting companies engaged in the production of processing tomatoes, the demands contained in a letter to the Regional Agriculture Gianni Salvatori by the assessors of all the provinces of Tuscany, whose territories are affected by this difficult situation: Sanavio Giacomo (Pisa), Enzo Rossi (Grosseto), Paolo Pacini (Livorno), Anna Maria Betti (Siena), Andrea Cutini (Arezzo).
"The Tuscan production - writing - exceeds 200 thousand tonnes, 150 thousand transformed from Italy to Conserve Albinia (Grosseto) and Italian Food Venturina (Livorno), the other 50 thousand sent to industries outside the region.
early rains in April and May resulted in delays and a significant reduction of production capacity so much so that the result was 30% lower than average. In addition, our manufacturers are suffering in these days of full execution of the collection, an additional penalty due to failure to meet contractual agreements with the processing industry.
The value of the tomato, with different trade arrangements for the Centre-North and South Italy, was in fact established in early 2010 at an average price of € 70 per tonne: price is subject, however, based on the quality of the raw material (grade sugar content and quality defects), a possible decurtazionefino 35% of the agreed amount, plus shipping cost will be charged. "
Based on these assumptions, about 50 thousand tons have been contracted by the producers' associations with the Tuscany industries trasforormazione Southern Italy. Now the latter, since the beginning of the harvest in early August, showed "a low propensity to withdraw the product contracted for - write the county commissioners - and later also a tendency to apply the qualitative assessment of the most detrimental, leading to de facto price less than half of that set. "
This, "coupled with a very low yield (less than 50 tonnnelate per hectare) is causing a net loss to farmers of Tuscany over 2,000 € per hectare, the cost of production per hectare is in fact 5 thousand euro, compared to a sale of 1,900 euro, which it must be added 1,100 of the Community contribution coupled. "
For many of our businesses, "this loss of income is critical and requires immediate scope of support measures, because the processing of tomatoes to the reduced prices by companies working in the South is causing the block sales of finished product to the mass distribution by the processing industries in Tuscany, putting them in trouble with the negative effects which will continue also in 2011. E 'to address this serious situation so we are asking for an urgent meeting with the Region of all stakeholders. "
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