date:Aug 10, 2016
ninsula (especially Portugal) remains stable. Not a very good thing considering that the Brazilian production will be entering the market and competing with Argentina's cold pear within a few weeks.
With the exception of France, the major apple producing countries of the EU-28 had no serious crop losses. Poland, the most important country regarding volume- but not quality- forecasts its production will amount to 4.1 million tons, 4% more than the previous season.