Over the past six months of the current season, Dutch suppliers exported about 27 tons of pears to Russia, which is 1.6 times less than in the same period last year. Let us recall that from July to December of 2011, about 43 thousand tons of fruit of this species were receives by our country from the Netherlands.
However, despite the decline in imports, the Netherlands were able to keep their leading position among suppliers of pears in Russia.
The reason for decline in exports was the low yield of the fruit this season. According to industry analysts estimate of this European country, farmers managed to collect on average 25% -35% fewer pears, than in the earlier period.
Source: www.fruitnews.info