1 1. PRODUCTION
The major Tomato producing states in the country are Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. These states are account for about 90% of the total production of the country.
As per Third Advance Estimate, Tomato production in 2018-19 is estimated to be 194.96 Lakh Tonnes (Table-1.2)
Details regarding seasonality and harvesting period of Tomato crop in the country are given in Table-1.1.
Table-1.1: TOMATO TRANSPLANTING AND HARVESTING PERIOD
Region Transplanting Harvesting Period
Southern & Western States
A-June- July A- August - September
B-October - November B- December - February
C-January- February C-March - June
Northern & Eastern States
A- October- November A- January - March
B- January - February B- March - June
Hilly States
A- May- June A- July - September
B-October - November B-December - March
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Table-1.2: STATE WISE TOMATO PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY
(Production in ‘000 Tonnes)
STATE/Uts
Five year Average
(2013-14 to 2017-18) 2017-18 2018-19 (3rdA.E.)
Production %
Share Production %
Share Production % Share ANDHRA PRADESH 2857.98 15.15 2744.32 13.89 3146.96 16.22 MADHYA PRADESH 2307.82 12.23 2419.28 12.24 2511.89 12.95 KARNATAKA 2029.47 10.76 2081.59 10.53 1775.79 9.16
GUJARAT 1321.30 7.00 1357.52 6.87 1366.57 7.05
ODISHA 1335.03 7.08 1312.07 6.64 1305.31 6.73
WEST BENGAL 1198.76 6.35 1265.25 6.40 1268.12 6.54 CHHATTISGARH 952.29 5.05 1087.33 5.50 1133.09 5.84
BIHAR 1012.07 5.36 941.56 4.77 955.57 4.93
TELANGANA 1146.26 6.08 1171.50 5.93 901.53 4.65
TAMIL NADU 564.53 2.99 887.08 4.49 845.91 4.36
UTTAR PRADESH 646.83 3.43 841.61 4.26 844.01 4.35 MAHARASHTRA 1030.04 5.46 1086.56 5.50 805.90 4.15
HARYANA 673.31 3.57 753.72 3.81 650.63 3.35
HIMACHAL PRADESH 457.05 2.42 481.94 2.44 502.42 2.59
ASSAM 412.25 2.18 396.24 2.01 417.86 2.15
JHARKHAND 246.46 1.31 265.26 1.34 270.00 1.39
PUNJAB 196.56 1.04 224.26 1.13 231.45 1.19
UTTARAKHAND 104.03 0.55 103.85 0.53 103.93 0.54
RAJASTHAN 83.90 0.44 88.73 0.45 90.00 0.46
JAMMU & KASHMIR 81.95 0.43 52.96 0.27 79.95 0.41
TRIPURA 50.13 0.27 56.50 0.29 57.88 0.30
MANIPUR 37.10 0.20 33.72 0.17 35.09 0.18
MEGHALAYA 41.49 0.22 35.51 0.18 34.91 0.18
NAGALAND 20.95 0.11 22.47 0.11 19.69 0.10
MIZORAM 10.66 0.06 11.87 0.06 12.23 0.06
SIKKIM 6.90 0.04 8.03 0.04 8.11 0.04
KERALA 20.78 0.11 12.61 0.06 4.82 0.02
ARUNCHAL PRADESH 7.02 0.04 2.15 0.01 2.15 0.01
OTHERS 15.36 0.08 13.84 0.07 14.94 0.08
TOTAL 18868.28 100.00 19759.32 100.00 19396.71 100.00 Source: State Departments of Horticulture & Agriculture
3 2. CURRENT STATUS
Harvesting of Kharif Tomato is in full swing in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Harvesting of early sown Rabi Tomato also started in Rajasthan, Haryana and UP.
0.62 Lakh Ha. area sown in Rabi against 0.63 Lakh Ha. in corresponding period of last year (as reported by State Horticulture Department till 1st week of December, 2019)
Quality of Tomato coming in market is medium to good.
3. MONTHLY ARRIVAL
The All India monthly market arrivals of Onion from January, 2015 to November, 2019 are given in Table-3.1
The arrival in November, 2019 was lower than October, 2019 but higher from corresponding month of last year.
Table-3.1: ALL INDIA MONTHLY ARRIVALS OF TOMATO
Arrivals in '000 Tonnes
Month All India Arrivals
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
January 606.25 205.19 225.73 306.80 235.74
February 360.99 207.67 194.87 269.74 203.10
March 201.98 218.20 210.71 270.93 207.16
April 180.53 222.54 266.97 224.11 204.69
May 183.20 334.92 322.19 298.56 198.04
June 241.43 288.84 273.93 312.42 224.99
July 277.89 285.40 214.58 388.55 259.03
August 339.67 388.55 230.70 409.80 299.85
September 353.93 408.77 361.14 445.67 350.05
October 353.71 381.45 323.30 428.15 337.72
November 188.59 342.87 220.24 288.49 309.20
December 206.62 271.13 261.07 266.32
Source: AGMARKNET
Note: Data of arrivals for Tamil Nadu and Bihar are not available in Agmarknet.
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Table-3.2: MONTHLY ARRIVALS OF TOMATO IN DELHI
Arrivals in '000 Tonnes
Month Arrivals of Delhi
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
January 20.34 18.14 22.43 18.84 21.37
February 17.07 21.16 23.63 20.58 21.28
March 18.54 18.70 23.51 26.28 21.58
April 19.50 20.88 21.22 18.32 20.98
May 15.14 21.60 17.45 21.21 14.97
June 13.22 14.29 14.67 17.26 15.30
July 13.07 14.90 13.18 19.54 16.72
August 15.05 22.04 13.11 23.35 22.06
September 15.52 18.64 19.03 22.20 19.52
October 17.26 25.03 18.13 20.15 17.71
November 18.99 21.02 16.21 18.64 22.87
December 13.91 23.74 17.44 22.36
Source: AGMARKNET
5 4. WHOLESALE PRICES
Table-4.1: STATE WISE MARKET ARRIVAL AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES
States
November, 2019 October, 2019 November, 2018
Market Arrivals
(in Quintal)
Weighted Average Wholesale
Prices (Rs/Qtl.)
Market Arrivals
(in Quintal)
Weighted Average Wholesale
Prices (Rs/Qtl.)
Market Arrivals
(in Quintal)
Weighted Average Wholesale
Prices (Rs/Qtl.)
Maharashtra 805080 1452.09 1297420 2266.48 855050 561.57 Karnataka 507130 1051.83 567190 1426.93 445380 734.63 Uttar Pradesh 371250 2258.23 299437 2271.56 397051 1280.76 NCT of Delhi 228670 1955.57 177111 3099.27 186445 1148.27 Gujarat 219297 1920.94 143991 2757.13 191757 791.25 Rajasthan 124965 1945.29 92418 2352.19 123285 914.12 Haryana 117187 2400.22 78840 2787.95 63608 1352.50 Andhra Pradesh 114502 1202.52 153637 1474.54 66858 698.70 Odisha 94294 3372.91 82146 3574.22 67285 2046.13 Madhya Pradesh 93485 1154.75 68228 1407.65 82330 578.55
Telangana 91763 1528.58 113214 1931.04 - -
Chhattisgarh 83780 1945.96 72355 2078.83 90940 1241.74 Punjab 77098 2021.64 59665 2458.13 92873 1146.00 Kerala 45098 2533.54 43096 2985.81 45009 1833.50 West Bengal 37262 4078.20 44158 4371.56 57754 2268.05 Uttrakhand 28517 1947.05 26234 1931.32 27598 859.31
Jammu and Kashmir 21545 2692.54 25388 3237.80 21723 1541.08
Chandigarh 12789 2404.76 12707 2900.00 16128 1121.05 Himachal Pradesh 9505 2825.69 12311 3150.79 19981 1426.51
Assam 4685 3427.64 3980 3858.78 26262 1690.94
Meghalaya 2686 3158.61 2771 3379.39 4130 1956.44
Tripura 989 5747.78 749 5146.29 1487 3108.01
Mizoram 259 7554.63 - 0.00 39 4612.51
Nagaland 156 6233.33 120 5200.00 1316 5164.07
Jharkhand 39 2450.00 - - 568 1856.52
All India Total 3092031 1755.19 3377166 2222.14 2884857 940.86 Source: AGMARKNET
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Table-4.2: ALL INDIA MONTHLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF TOMATO
(Prices in Rs/Quintal)
Month 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
January 1032.09 1468.79 598.27 886.69 1144.31 February 887.93 883.55 732.94 645.49 967.40
March 1016.24 703.69 946.58 628.46 1325.35
April 1150.27 913.95 825.30 645.37 1390.05
May 1397.07 1386.46 695.89 650.94 1911.94
June 1289.62 2750.54 1472.62 1158.79 1897.34 July 1580.51 2155.78 4049.04 1550.39 2203.88 August 1093.73 981.88 3250.97 1119.64 1820.77 September 1243.93 996.37 1553.12 830.19 1520.46 October 1326.68 1021.75 2094.39 964.50 2222.14 November 2463.70 713.30 2878.51 940.86 1755.19
December 1657.91 585.71 1525.42 968.98
Source: AGMARKNET
Note: Data of prices for Tamil Nadu and Bihar are not available
2015
2016 2017
2018 2019
0.00 500.00 1000.00 1500.00 2000.00 2500.00 3000.00 3500.00 4000.00 4500.00
Prices in Rs./Qtl
MONTHS
Figure 4.2: ALL INDIA MONTHLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF TOMATO
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Table-4.3: MONTHLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES OF TOMATO IN DELHI
(Prices in Rs/Quintal)
Month 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
January 1597.43 1565.96 553.20 931.87 1094.78 February 1672.35 1115.07 686.14 721.52 1148.62
March 1498.80 913.28 940.09 655.89 1588.86
April 1352.85 732.16 888.93 602.11 1290.33
May 1528.84 790.80 654.06 351.61 1608.82
June 1292.35 2242.25 1462.43 857.71 1311.72 July 1886.83 2743.80 3909.50 1835.89 2442.18 August 1466.10 1418.19 3809.87 1380.87 2154.04 September 1795.01 1471.22 1939.64 1022.63 1698.07 October 1980.58 1288.75 2514.90 1179.42 3099.27 November 2626.76 943.27 3416.30 1148.27 1955.57
December 1845.62 681.97 1789.79 939.79
Source: AGMARKNET
2015
2016 2017
2018 2019
0.00 500.00 1000.00 1500.00 2000.00 2500.00 3000.00 3500.00 4000.00 4500.00
Prices in Rs./Qtl
MONTHS
Figure 4.3 MONTHLY WEIGHTED AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES FOR TOMATO IN DELHI
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
8 5. EXPORT
Table-5.1: MONTHLY EXPORT OF TOMATO
Month/Year
Export
2018 2019
Value in Rs.
Crore
Qty in Tonnes
Value in Rs. Crore
Qty in Tonnes
January 5.32 3041.86 7.89 3095.37
February 3.73 2329.87 4.45 1722.98
March 4.25 2450.90 3.52 2593.09
April 3.83 2747.18 2.61 2026.36
May 4.11 2863.42 3.07 1763.65
June 6.18 2797.88 4.39 2215.79
July 17.16 6134.31 16.18 6273.46
August 23.99 8972.58 18.80 7493.00
September 40.82 15922.21 28.26 11019
October 76.20 24163.27 21.93 8197
November 57.21 22834.86 NA NA
December 16.38 5953.97
Total 259.18 100212.31 111.10 46400
Source: DGCI&S
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