date:Oct 12, 2012
p in exports of apples and pears from major exporting nations of the Southern Hemisphere.
Apples
General shipments of apples from the Southern Hemisphere, ie Argentina (week 28), Chile (week 33), New Zealand (Week 35), Brazil (week 36) and South Africa (week 36), to the different markets of the world presented a decrease of 8%, reaching inOctober 2012, 1,341,500 tons compared to 1,450,888 tons in 2011.
The producer/exporter country with the largest decrease in their apple shipments globally