Portugal is EU's third largest tomato producer Country

Portugal is EU's third largest tomato producer

BY TPN/ LUSA,

Portugal is the European Union's third largest tomato producer, accounting for 8.0% of total production last year, after Italy and 36.3% and Spain with 27.4%, according to a report released by the EU's statistics office, Eurostat..

Together, the three countries account for around three-quarters of all tomatoes produced in the EU by weight.

Portugal grows 2.5% of all vegetables and 3.6% of fruit produce in the EU.

The tomato is the vegetable produced in the greatest quantity, at 35 kilos per EU resident per year, while the apple is the most-produced fruit, at 25 kilos.

Poland is the EU's largest apple producer, with 25% of the total, followed by Italy with 19.2% and France with 15.5%.

Portugal accounts for 2.6% of total EU apple production.