The 2022 Prognosfruit congress in Belgrade has seen the World Association of Apple and Pear Producers (WAPA) predict a 1% increase in European apple production for the 2022/23 season, reaching 12,168,000 tonnes. Poland is expected to see a 5% rise in its apple production, achieving nearly 4.5 million tons. However, WAPA anticipates a decrease in production in several European countries like Belgium, Croatia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Lithuania, and Hungary. This forecast makes the expected harvest the third largest in the past 16 years, following the 2018 and 2015 harvests.