Weather hits world stonefruit production
Shelly Chen
Published 2020년 10월 23일
The world's peach and nectarine production is forecasted to decrease by 1.1 Million tonnes to 21 Million tonnes in the 2020/2021 season due to bad weather condition which led to the output of China and EU taking a hit.
China had heavy snow in April which affected the harvest in major peach growing provinces, and is expected to contribute to a 500,000 ton drop in overall stone production production to 14.5 Million tonnes. Its exports are also predicted to drop by one third with the continuing Russian ban on Chinese fruit a contributing factor.
According to USDA report, a variety of damaging weather events affected the output in the leading producers, like Spain, Italy, Greece, and France. Surplus of peach production over the last several years has also prompted reductions in planting area in Spain, Italy, and France. As a result, EU is expected to produce 3.5 Million tonnes, a decline of over 600,000 tonnes following near-record volumes in 2019.
The US is the other major producer expecting a decline due to the weather with damaging freezes resulting in a projected crop of 691,000 tonnes, down 26,000 tonnes from 2019/20.
Bucking the trend is Turkey, which is anticipating growth for the sixth straight year. In 2020, its production is predicted to rise by 40,000 tonnes to 870,000 on good weather during bloom and harvest. This should see a corresponding rise in exports, which is also spurring further investment and expansion from the Turkish stonefruit industry.
“Higher supplies and less expected competition in Russia due to the absence of China is expected to drive (Turkey’s) exports up 40,000 tonnes to a record 140,000 tonnes, nearly tripling in four years,” the report said.
China had heavy snow in April which affected the harvest in major peach growing provinces, and is expected to contribute to a 500,000 ton drop in overall stone production production to 14.5 Million tonnes. Its exports are also predicted to drop by one third with the continuing Russian ban on Chinese fruit a contributing factor.
According to USDA report, a variety of damaging weather events affected the output in the leading producers, like Spain, Italy, Greece, and France. Surplus of peach production over the last several years has also prompted reductions in planting area in Spain, Italy, and France. As a result, EU is expected to produce 3.5 Million tonnes, a decline of over 600,000 tonnes following near-record volumes in 2019.
The US is the other major producer expecting a decline due to the weather with damaging freezes resulting in a projected crop of 691,000 tonnes, down 26,000 tonnes from 2019/20.
Bucking the trend is Turkey, which is anticipating growth for the sixth straight year. In 2020, its production is predicted to rise by 40,000 tonnes to 870,000 on good weather during bloom and harvest. This should see a corresponding rise in exports, which is also spurring further investment and expansion from the Turkish stonefruit industry.
“Higher supplies and less expected competition in Russia due to the absence of China is expected to drive (Turkey’s) exports up 40,000 tonnes to a record 140,000 tonnes, nearly tripling in four years,” the report said.
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