date:Mar 13, 2014
The South African apple and pear harvests are well underway, and the pomme fruit exporters are looking at a challenging export season this year. Volumes are down after hail storms hit during the growing season and European stocks are still relatively good.
The Northern Hemisphere stocks for apples at the end of February 2014 were 261 492 640 tons and the stocks for pears, 47 096 160 tons. This is respectively 18% and 66% higher than in February 2013, bearing in mind that last year had record lo