date:Dec 04, 2013
After a poor apple, pear and table grape season in the previous market year, a rebound in production is expected for 2013/14.
Commercial apple production in MY 2013/14 is estimated at 10.2 MMT. This estimate is a 2.6 percent increase (260.8 MT) in production compared to the low output of MY 2012/13. Significantly higher apple production is expected to occur in France, Italy, Spain, Romania, the United Kingdom and Portugal and to some extent in The Netherlands, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.