date:Jan 14, 2014
the EU (up 4%) and outside Europe (up 8%). The revenue growth in fruit juice concentrates was driven primarily by higher sales quantities of apple juice concentrate (especially as a result of the Ybbstaler volume, which the first quarter of the prior year did not yet include). The key drivers of the improvement in operating profit were volume growth in fruit preparations and favourable annual delivery contracts from the 2012 crop in the fruit juice concentrates business.
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