Ngokombiko wakamuva we-European Commission mayelana nombono wesikhathi esifushane wezimakethe zezolimo ngo-2022, ukukhiqizwa kwamatamatisi amasha kuzokwehla, kanti ukungeniswa kwalo mkhiqizo e-EU kuzokwanda.
Ngokombhalo osanda kushicilelwa, ukukhiqizwa kukatamatisi omusha e-EU kuzokwehla ngo-3% ngo-2022 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule kuya kumathani ayizigidi eziyisi-6.2, okugcina ukwehla kwezinga leminyaka yamuva. Uma kuqhathaniswa nesilinganiso seminyaka emihlanu edlule, ukukhiqizwa ngo-2022 kuzokwehla ngo-5%.
Ngokusho kwe-European Commission, ukukhiqizwa kuzokwehla ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthi ukukhiqizwa kwe-greenhouse kulindeleke ukuthi kwehle ngenxa yezindleko eziphezulu zezinsiza zamandla, kanye nangenxa yokwanda kokutshalwa kwezinhlobo zama-cherry.
Ukusetshenziswa konyaka kwamatamatisi amasha e-EU nakho kuzokwehla ngo-2% kuye ku-14.6 kg ngomuntu ngamunye ngonyaka.
Kanye nokwehla kokukhiqizwa nokusetshenziswa, lo mbiko uthi kukhona nokwehla kokuthunyelwa kukatamatisi omusha emazweni e-EU ngenxa yeBrexit kanye nokulahleka kancane kancane kwemakethe yase-United Kingdom, eyabalelwa ku-75% wokuthengiswa kukatamatisi we-EU ngo-2021. Lokhu kulahlekelwa kwemakethe kungenxa, njengoba iKhomishana ngokwayo ivuma, ukwanda kokuncintisana okuvela eMorocco.
Ngo-2022, ukungeniswa kwamatamatisi amasha kuzokhuphuka ngo-3% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2021 futhi kube amathani angama-730,000, okungama-23% ngaphezu kwesilinganiso seminyaka emihlanu edlule. Ngo-2021, ama-67% okuthengwa kukatamatisi amasha avela e-EU avela eMorocco (umthombo omkhulu kakhulu wokungena kwamanye amazwe), elandelwa yiTurkey, ekhulise isabelo sayo semakethe e-EU (25% ngo-2021 / +5% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2020).
I-Spanish Association of Producers-Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (FEPEX) ikhathazekile ngokuthi, ngokusekelwe kulokhu kuhlaziywa, lapho iKhomishini ibona ukwehla kokukhiqizwa, ukusetshenziswa kanye nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwamatamatisi e-EU kanye nokwanda okuqhubekayo ukungenisa, azikho izinyathelo ezihlongozwayo zokunqanda lo mkhuba kanye nokuqinisa ukukhiqizwa emazweni Angamalungu e-EU.