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France: Apple&pear production down

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The production of apples and pears in France has decreased compared to last year, mostly because of a smaller harvest. This according to the French ministry of agriculture.

Late September the apple supply was 44% lower than in September 2012. According to estimates the production of apples is down 24%. Prognosfruit states it’s a 9% drop compared to the European 2011 average. With supplies running low, prices are markedly higher. At the start of the season, prices already rose with 21% compared to the 2007-2011 average. By September the increase was 23% higher. Pears went through a similar movement, with a 34% drop in production.

The market for top fruit was stable for quite a while, but in August the supply soared. A big chunk of the surplus has been shipped to Russia, Germany and Scandinavia. Despite a relatively small crop, prices remained more or less the same. Now, with the current production shortage, prices went up with 33% compared to the 5-year average.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Germany reduced the volume of pear supplies to Russia

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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

Import of pears in Russia continues to lower

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During the first few months of the 2012-2013 season Russia imported only 34 500 tons of pears. Compared to the same period of last year, the volume of purchases fell by 22%.
At the same time, Argentina, being one of the main suppliers of pears to Russia, has increased its imports by 1.4% this year (about 13 500 tons). The Argentina fruit strengthened its position in the overall shopping baskets and occupied almost 40% of the total. Last year the share of Argentina as pear exporter was 22% of the Russian market.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Customs union reduces tariffs for some products

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23 August new import customs duties were introduced, they were changed because of Russia’s accession to the WTO. The first change concerns only 10% of tariffs – mostly duties on meat and dairy products, on fruit and vegetables, as well as cars.

Russia is one of the largest importers of apples and after accession to the WTO import duties on these fruits were significantly reduced. The duty on apples will be 0.06 euro per 1 kg. It will be applied for one year.

At the same time, Russia’s entry into the WTO will not change the import duty on pears, it will remain 10%. In 2015 it will be reduced by 5%.

Import duties on apricots, cherries, plums will remain 5%, and on strawberry – 10%. Also, the zero import duty on nectarines, peaches, kiwi will be kept.

Russia’s accession to the WTO will not change duties on bananas, they will remain 5%, but not less than 0.02 euro per 1 kg. The duty on orange , grapefruit and other citrus fruits will also remain the same – 5%, but not less than 0.02 euro per 1 kg, the same is for mandarins, clementines, and others (5%, but not less than 0.03 euro).

At the same time the duty on lemons and limes will decrease from 5%, but not less than 0.035 euro, up to 5%, but not less than 0.02 euro per 1 kg.

Source: www.retailer.ru

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Russian apple production will increase by 8%

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More than 250 representatives of the international apple and pear sector met on the occasion of the 36th Prognosfruit Conference on 3rd August 2012 in Toulouse (France). On this occasion, WAPA (World Apple and Pear Association) released the 2012 European apple and pear crop estimates. The 2012 apple and pear production in the EU will be significantly lower than average given unfavourable climatic conditions in winter and spring across Europe. Apples will decrease by 9% compared to the previous year while pears are estimated to have a lower crop by 22% compared to 2011.

More specifically for apples, the 2012 European crop forecast is announced at 9.739.000T. This production is 7% lower than the average for the last three years. In regard to varieties, Golden Delicious production will be down by 15% to 2.212.000T. Gala will decrease by 6% to 1.070.000T. Red Delicious will decrease by 18% to 555.000T, while Idared will go up 34% given a larger crop in Hungary and Poland. With the exception of Poland which will witness a larger crop (2.8 Million T) due to new plantings, most of the Member States will record lower crops; this will also be reflected in the varieties breakdown.

Regarding pears, European growers predict a significantly lower crop down 22% compared to 2011. Indeed, it is reported that the new season crop will reach 2.060.000T, compared to 2011 production which reached the peak of 2.629.000T. The 2012 forecasted crop is also 17% lower than the average crop of the last three years. In 2012, the Conference variety will see its production decrease by 21% to 743.000T, William BC will decrease by 19% to 255.000T, and Abate F will also decrease by 26% to 284.000T. Elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere crops have also decreased compared to last year, namely in the USA (-7%) and Ukraine (-8%).

Overall, climatic conditions have not been favourable in many parts across Europe during blossom and the  beginning of the growing period of the fruit. Under these particular weather circumstances having their impact on the production, the relevance of transparency of data is important and the effort of Prognosfruit/WAPA in this respect is underlined. The new season is to start according to the normal harvesting schedule on a basis of clear stocks from the last season and no overhang with Southern Hemisphere fruit while there are no pending stocks for apple juice concentrate which should strengthen the market for the benefit of the sector and provide better return to growers after several difficult seasons.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Europe’s apple and pear crops down

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Apple and pear production in the European Union will be “significantly lower” than last year and, as reported by Eurofruit last month, the forecast apple crop is set to fall below the 10m-tonne mark for only the third time in a decade.

Publishing the forecasts, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) said apple volumes would decrease by 9 per cent against the previous year’s figure to 9.74m tonnes, while it estimated the pear crop would be around 2.06m tonnes – 22 per cent lower compared with 2011 and the lowest forecast figure since 1997.

Elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, apple crops are also expected to decrease compared with last year, with a 3 per cent estimated downturn in Turkey and lower output too in the Balkan countries. Russia and Ukraine’s crops, meanwhile, are forecast to increase by 8 per cent and 4 per cent respectively due to new bearing trees. Official data for the US is due to be released in mid-August, but initial indications are that the country’s apple crop will be 15 per cent smaller due to heavy frost in the Midwest region and, to a lesser extent, in the north-east.

Elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, pear crops are also going to be down compared with last year, notably in the US (-7 per cent) and Ukraine (-8 per cent).

Source: www.fruitnet.com

Argentina: Apple and pear exports drop 30%

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Apple shipments fell by 38% and pear sales to Russia fell by 12%. Regional fruit shipments destined for overseas markets reached 273,300 tons on June 15th. The figure represents a fall of 32% compared to consolidated exports for the same period of last year. This was revealed in a recent study, by the North Patagonian port terminal, in which it is detailed that pear sales overseas reached just over 196,300 tons, 27% lower than what was reached in the same season of 2011.

As for apples, the collapse was even greater. Statistics showed that 72,400 tons were exported, 38% less than last year. The data included information about the regional fruit shipments sent only through the port of San Antonio and Bahia Blanca. However, it is noteworthy that these terminals account for 85% of exports to overseas markets.

The report highlights that for Northern Patagonia, Russia remains the main destination of regional export supply. According to the report, shipments to St. Petersburg reached about 108,000 tons of fruit, of which more than 53,000
were for pears and 24,400 apples.

Note that Russia remains an important destination for valley pears. Shipments this year experienced a drop of only 12% compared with the previous year. It must be noted that the average fall for valley pears bound for overseas stood at 27%.

When analyzing the evolution, that the region has undergone in apple sales to Russia, we see that the drop in shipments in this season is close to 50%. An important figure, given the fact that two years ago Russia imported from Argentina
90% of the apples from the Southern Hemisphere. Today that ratio is 50%.

Bahia Blanca´s port regional fruit Shipments  reached, so far this year, 11,600 tons (5% of the total overseas sales), reflecting a decrease of 7% compared with records from the previous season.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Argentina: Russian market receiving half of pear production

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Statistics provided by Patagonia Norte indicate that, during the first half of the year, overseas pear exports have reached 201,700 tonnes. This figure accounts for 71% of the total fruit exports leaving San Antonio and Bahía Blanca (Argentina) and indicates a 26% fall in sales when compared to the first half of 2011.

Russia was the main client, as approximately 89,000 tonnes were shipped there, meaning that 44% of the total sales were destined for Saint Petersburg. The second largest client was the Netherlands, where 30,200 tonnes of pears were shipped. And the third place was for the US, with 28,200 tonnes.

In regards to apples, overseas exports reached 76,700 tonnes, showing a 36% fall compared to consolidated data from the first semester of 2011.

Russia was also the main destination for this product with 28,700 tonnes shipped, representing 37% of all the exports leaving San Antonio and Bahía Blanca. The second destination in importance was the Netherlands, with 11,600 tonnes purchased. And very close behind Algeria, with 11,500 tonnes of Argentine apples imported.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Dutch Pear Export to Russia Collapsed

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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

Производство груш на северо-западе США падает

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Кевин Моффитт, президент Ассоциация производителей груш Северо-Запада США, заявил, что производство груш в сезоне-2010/11 составит 17,9 млн. коробок, что на 11% ниже, чем в предыдущем сезоне, и на 2 % ниже среднего за последние 5 лет показателя (18,29 млн. коробок). Наиболее резкое падение валового сбора ожидается в штатах Вашингтон и Орегон.
С учетом падения производства груш в Калифорнии и Европе, а также с увеличением спроса со стороны России предложение свежих груш в Северном полушарии уменьшится на 10% по сравнению с предыдущим сезоном, что спровоцирует рост цен.

Источник: www.lol.org.ua