date:Oct 19, 2017
other countries increased considerably, especially during the 2015/16 season, so that the Russian gap was filled. During the 2016/17 season, fewer pears were exported to other countries from Belgium, but still considerably more (80,000 tonnes) than right before the boycott. The Belgian production in the 2016/17 season, compared to Dutch production, was smaller than in the preceding seasons.
That growth was realised in a large number of countries including most important buyers the Netherlands,