date:Aug 10, 2016
This season's pear harvest in the European Union (EU-28) amounted to 2.17 million tons, i.e. nearly 9% less than in the previous year. In volume producers expect a decline of 224,000 tons.
This is reflected in the last report by the Association of Apples and Pears Europe (WAPA, its acronym in English) which also states that apple production, which amounted to just over 12 million tons, had an annual decline of 3%.
The lower volume expected across the Old Continent is good news for the Black Ri