The 27th of August was when the first tomatoes shipments from Europe came into Israel.

According to Ynet site according to the Ynet portal, according to Ynet, the “Rami Levy Shivuk A-Shikma” chain has delivered a slew of tomatoes that came from Greece as well as”Bihurei Sade” was the company that delivered them “Bihurei Sade” business imports tomato from Netherlands as well as Poland.

The price of importation of tomatoes from Europe within the duty-free quota for retail stores is between 8 and 10 shekels for a kilogram. While this is still a high price however, it’s considerably lower than the price currently on the market of 17.5 shekels per kilogram retail stores.

Source: newsru.co.il