Tomato Paste Price, Costs and Processor Margins (in 2006 prices)

Year

Real
Tomato Paste
Price
(cents/lb)

Real
Tomato
Price
(cents/lb)

Real
Hauling
Price
(cents/lb)

Real
Tomato Paste
Processing Margin
(cents/lb)

7 Year Rolling Average of Previous Column

1971

100.28

42.64

9.14

48.50

53.85

1972

105.38

41.28

8.85

55.25

51.79

1973

122.49

48.58

8.47

65.44

52.26

1974

175.76

71.04

8.76

95.96

56.34

1975

124.64

63.72

7.91

53.02

57.85

1976

128.94

51.36

9.54

68.04

62.09

1977

126.65

57.10

7.94

61.61

63.97

1978

115.72

50.87

9.36

55.50

64.97

1979

90.50

48.27

9.19

33.04

61.80

1980

99.97

35.71

8.98

55.28

60.35

1981

132.37

34.45

9.43

88.49

59.28

1982

116.17

35.53

8.24

72.40

62.05

1983

94.17

33.25

7.43

53.49

59.97

1984

70.98

30.88

7.60

32.50

55.81

1985

70.18

29.47

7.28

33.43

52.66

1986

67.70

28.13

6.86

32.71

52.61

1987

67.58

25.17

5.86

36.55

49.94

1988

82.22

25.11

5.57

51.54

44.66

1989

88.57

27.36

5.33

55.88

42.30

1990

61.31

26.03

5.23

30.05

38.95

1991

44.89

24.89

4.39

15.62

36.54

1992

45.98

20.43

4.35

21.21

34.79

1993

51.86

20.60

4.61

26.65

33.93

1994

49.76

21.17

4.20

24.39

32.19

1995

45.41

21.84

3.36

20.22

27.72

1996

37.69

21.00

3.01

13.68

21.69

1997

38.41

19.53

3.32

15.56

19.62

1998

53.08

20.66

3.61

28.81

21.50

1999

39.93

22.14

3.94

13.85

20.45

2000

33.17

18.16

2.81

12.19

18.39

2001

33.10

17.19

2.82

13.09

16.77

2002

30.82

17.23

2.36

11.22

15.49

2003

30.40

16.82

2.34

11.24

15.14

2004

29.88

16.38

3.03

10.47

14.41

2005

33.77

16.19

2.93

14.42

12.36
2006
38.82
18.04
3.06
17.57
12.89
 

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