date:Nov 05, 2013
hen the harvest was the smallest in (recent) history. Last season the harvest was the smallest throughout all Europe. This is clearly reflected in international trade. Export of Dutch apples was significantly smaller than in the season before. In the total season 2012/13 only 70,000 tonnes of Dutch apples were exported, which was 30% less than the previous season. Re-export is behind on last season.
Dutch apple import was considerably (15%) larger that the last season. Due to the smaller number