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The supplies of pears from Germany to Russia fell by more than 2 times compared with the previous year and amounted to 2.4 thousand tons in the III quarter of this year.
According to Rosstat, in season 2011-2012 Germany exported to Russia about 13.4 thousand tons of pears, which is almost 46% lower than a year earlier. At the same time the share of supply of pears from Germany to the Russian market also declined – with more than 5% in 2011 to about 3% in 2012.
It is worth noting that, according to forecasts of WAPA, gross harvest of pears in Germany in the current year will reduce by 19% compared to last year and will be about 38 thousand tons.
Source: www.fruitnews.ru