Turkey produces 100 times more tomatoes than Bulgaria
In 2013, Turkey produced 11.82 million tonnes of tomatoes, which is a hundred times more than the entire Bulgarian production. In the same year, Bulgarian growers sold only 118,000 tonnes, while Italy, which is the largest producer of tomatoes in the EU, reported a harvest of 5.2 million tonnes. For its part, the Netherlands, which is twice as small as Bulgaria and has a far less suitable climate, reached an annual production of 855,000 tonnes of tomatoes.
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