date:Dec 04, 2013
n the EU, area harvested continues to go up in Belgium while Italy, Spain and The Netherlands show a downward trend.Chile, the United States and Canada, but not in the EU. The U.S. apple industry hastaken steps to ensure that fruit destined for the EU does not have any trace of morpholine. In MY 2012/13 EU apple imports from the U.S. remained fairly stable.
Italy and Spain remain the major pear producing countries contributing to about half of total EU-28 production. Despite declining area, Ita