Research Article

Triangulation Applied to the Intra-European Union Tomato Market

Table 1

Evolution in the participation percentage of importing countries in the intra-EU tomato market (2002–2007–2017).

Participation of importing countries (%)
200220072017Var

Austria1.822.011.860.04
Belgium2.962.763.720.76
Bulgaria0.010.050.80.87
Cyprus0.000.010.020.02
Czech Republic3.013.413.500.49
Denmark1.091.311.360.27
Estonia0.350.400.520.17
Finland0.910.861.140.23
France11.2010.449.02−2.18
Germany34.8729.8728.72−6.15
Greece0.150.280.260.11
Hungary0.330.610.490.16
Ireland1.041.081.110.07
Italy2.944.234.511.58
Latvia0.530.571.060.53
Lithuania0.340.614.063.72
Luxembourg0.200.220.200.00
Malta0.000.020.050.05
Netherlands11.899.135.81−6.07
Poland2.152.585.303.16
Portugal2.321.151.29−1.03
Romania0.020.171.271.26
Slovakia0.400.661.100.70
Slovenia0.310.290.510.20
Spain2.105.245.082.99
Sweden3.083.583.510.43
United Kingdom15.9918.4613.62−2.37

Source: European Commission. Documents from the forecast working group. https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/fruit-and-vegetables/product-reports/tomatoes_en.