The situation in Europe is difficult: Not many producers can afford this

In an average year, the European Union produces 11.5-12.0 million tons of apples, of which about 7.5-8.0 million tons go to the food markets, and 3.5-4.5 million tons to the processing industry, the latter mainly includes juice intended for concentrate. In most years, the EU produces 500-600 thousand tons of apple concentrate, which is 1/3 of the world's production, reports FruitVeB. The following are also very important from the point of view of the Hungarian market opportunities and the prices of domestic apples, especially for eating apples: In Austria, the rate of crop loss is 60-70% (a shortage of 90,000 tons), in the Czech Republic it is 80-90% (a shortage of 100,000 tons), i.e. these two around 200,000 tons of apples are missing from the market in the country, which is double the domestic apple harvest. However, to the greatest extent, the poor harvest of the Poles will determine the market processes of the industrial and edible apple segments as well. About 30% of the EU's ...