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GLASSHOUSE TOMATOES IN BRITAIN AND SWEDEN: OUTLOOK FOR 2,000 A.D.
Article number
295_8
Pages
71 – 78
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Abstract
British and Swedish tomato growers face similar uncertainties over economic factors affecting their incomes.
Both countries import tomatoes which compete with domestic supplies, especially from The Netherlands.
However Sweden is not in the EEC and it maintains tariff protection.
Recent trends and some scenarios for 2000 are examined.
It is concluded that both industries will continue to change gradually.
Significant new enterprises are unlikely.
Firms will decline in number but some could expand in scale.
Yields will be improved.
Generally, the Dutch industry seems better placed to prosper from trading conditions in the ’90s.
But the least predictable and perhaps most critical issue is the current ‘energy crisis’.
Both countries import tomatoes which compete with domestic supplies, especially from The Netherlands.
However Sweden is not in the EEC and it maintains tariff protection.
Recent trends and some scenarios for 2000 are examined.
It is concluded that both industries will continue to change gradually.
Significant new enterprises are unlikely.
Firms will decline in number but some could expand in scale.
Yields will be improved.
Generally, the Dutch industry seems better placed to prosper from trading conditions in the ’90s.
But the least predictable and perhaps most critical issue is the current ‘energy crisis’.
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Authors
L. Ekelund, J.A.H. Nicholson
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