Stone fruit production in the EU will increase by 4% this campaign

Published 2024년 5월 23일

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The European stone fruit production is projected to increase by 4% in 2024, reaching 3.4 million tons, as per the Europech Forum. This marks a 7% rise from the average of 2018/2022. Despite the ongoing drought in Catalonia and Roussillon, spring rains are expected to ensure adequate water supply for the trees. Spain is predicted to produce around 1.5 million tons, a 1% increase from 2023. Greece's production is expected to rise by 3% to about 700,000 tons, and Italy's by 10% to nearly one million tons. France's production is estimated at 230,000 tons, a 5% increase from 2023.

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Stone fruit production for this 2024 campaign will be 3.4 million tons of peaches, nectarines and paraguayans, which represents an increase of 4% compared to 2023 and 7% compared to the average for 2018/2022 , according to the forecasts made within the framework of the Europech Forum, in which Afrucat, an association integrated into Fepex, participated. After three years, 2020, 2021 and 2022, marked by a significant production deficit with less than three 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, says Afrucat, adding that, for the moment, there is no important climatological incidents have occurred in the different production areas of Europe, with episodes of frost or hail being very limited. So a 4% ...

Source: Financialfood