Frutas y Hortalizas
Nov. 15, 2022Manzanas/Unión Europea: proyecciones de oferta por países 2022/23
Commercial apple production in MY 2022/23 is forecast to increase by 2.9% compared to the previous year. The majority of the increase is projected for Poland, France, and Italy with roughly 332,600 MT, 107,000 MT, and 97,000 MT additional production, respectively. In France and Italy this is a rebound from the low production in the previous year, while in Poland the replacement of old orchards with new more productive ones adds to the production increase. Production is also forecast to increase in Austria, Germany, Greece, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, and Sweden, but with lower volumes.
The combined increase more than compensates for lower production forecasts elsewhere, most notably in Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Romania, and Belgium with projected reductions of roughly 155,000 MT, 132,000 MT, 49,000 MT, 40,000 MT, and 31,000 MT respectively. While growing conditions differed between the regions, the high temperatures and drought were a common theme throughout most of the EU. These factors may result in smaller fruit size which in turn would lower final production numbers below the above stated estimate as smaller fruit weighs less. Quality is expected to be good, as hail and frost damage remained very localized.
High electricity prices drive up costs for cold storage which may prompt producers to divert a higher share of lower value fruit (e.g., smaller or over-sized fruit, fruit with little color, less popular varieties) into processing than usual.
Production by country here: https://chilealimentos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/UE_Appleproduction_2022_23.pdf
USDA/November 8, 2022
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