Dutch pear export to Russia was clearly smaller in Q1 2011 than in 2010, when record quantities were exported. The exported amount of pears in 2010 is larger than in 2009, when few pears were available because of the poor harvest.
Practically all important countries of destination have bought less Dutch pears in 2011. It is, however, striking that more pears were exported to Germany. This happened mainly in January and February, after that Germany also bought less. Poland and Lithuania bought more Dutch pears, but it is quite possible that these are marked for transit to Russia, which imported far less (-57%).
Source: www.freshplaza.com