Peach and nectarine production in the EU will increase to 3.4 million tonnes

After three years, 2020, 2021 and 2022, marked by a significant production deficit with less than 3 million tons of peaches, nectarines, paraguayans and pavias, in 2023 part of the production was recovered, with about 3.3 million of tons. For this campaign, although the drought is still present in Catalonia and Roussillon, the spring rains should ensure sufficient volumes of water to water the trees throughout the summer. At the moment, there have been no major climatological incidents of note in the different production areas of Europe, with episodes of frost or hail being very limited. So a 4% increase is expected in the EU as a whole, totaling 3.4 million tons. Spain will produce about 1.5 million tons of peaches, nectarines and Paraguayans, 1% above 2023 production and 12% above the 2018/2022 average. After a very deficient campaign in 2022, due to frost in Aragon and Catalonia, in 2023, production levels were returned to close to potential. Although the drought that affected ...