Connecting smallholder tomato producers to improved seed in West Africa

Table 6 Export trade data of tomato from each of the seven countries to the rest of the world in metric tons (MTs), 2003–2012

Sum of volume (MTs)	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Grand total
Tomato, fresh or chilled	5759	5304	6513	23,451	24,561	18,279	15,677	15,695	20,669	22,655	158,563
Senegal	3723	4660	5626	9877	9632	10,810	8163	10,300	11,740	12,649	87,180
Burkina Faso	962	588	501	13,553	14,233	7179	7309	5188	8725	10,000	68,237
Ghana	106	38	350	15	694	287	192	69	109		1861
Togo	957	9	8	3	1	2	6	4	0	0	992
Mali		0	1			1	6	134	0	6	148
Niger	10	5	20	1	0	0	2		96	0	134
Benin	0	3	6	1						0	10
Other (tomatoes, whole or in pieces)	5117	3280	6605	34,160	18,842	4839	6371	1546	1787	8526	91,073
Ghana	2548	1780	2864	29,938	14,687	3184	2512	497	1454	1432	60,895
Togo	2253	1350	3616	3631	3323	1560	3507	802	67	3720	23,829
Senegal	84	77	117	175	249	92	175	158	200	2368	3696
Burkina Faso	62	48	7	316	581	3	7		20	891	1935
Benin	170	25	1	88		0	3	0	17	115	419
Niger				12	2		163			0	178
Mali	0					0	4	88	29		121
Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces	1	16	57	43	20	50	1336	12	29	38	1604
Togo	1	4	15	39		21	1140		0	0	1220
Senegal		7	15		19	15	190	1	29	27	304
Mali		5	25	5							35
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1	7	6	1	0	8	24
Burkina Faso				0				11			11
Niger						7					7
Benin										3	3
Tomatoes, whole or in pieces	23	0	16	2	4	11	0	1	7	40	106
Senegal	21		16		4	6			2	1	50
Ghana				0		5	0	1	2	37	46
Burkina Faso			0	2					2	1	5
Togo	1			0	0				1	0	3
Mali										1	1
Benin	1	0									1
Niger				0							0
Grand total	10,901	8601	13,191	57,656	43,428	23,179	23,385	17,254	22,492	31,261	251,346

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