2024 will not be a top year for pears in Europe

Published 2024년 7월 5일

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The Interpera conference in Obidos, Portugal, reported varying predictions for the pear harvest across Europe. With Belgium and Spain expecting significant decreases of 30% and 14% respectively, contrasting expectations are set for France and Portugal, with projections of a 28% increase and 15% increase in harvest respectively. Italy is also expected to see a slight recovery from a poor pear year in 2023. The Netherlands is awaiting official figures and predicts an average harvest. Concerns about the climate and declining pear consumption in the EU were raised, despite optimistic sales forecasts for the upcoming season.

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Belgium currently assumes a 30 percent lower harvest and Spain 14 percent fewer pears. A larger harvest is predicted in France (+28 percent) and Portugal (+15 percent). In Italy, recovery is expected after the extremely poor pear year of 2023. But this year too, it will not be too big a harvest. The figures were presented last week at the Interpera conference in Obidos, Portugal. Market expert Wilco van den Berg from GroentenFruit Huis was present on behalf of the Netherlands. 'In Italy, the area of pears fell by 4,000 hectares last year alone. So more pears can grow on the trees, but what you don't have in terms of acreage cannot be harvested," he says. There are no official figures yet in the Netherlands. On July 23, the harvest estimation committee will meet with experts from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), GroentenFruit Huis, Dutch Fruit Growers Organization and Delphy. The last party is busy counting and CBS provides the area figures. The EU figures per Member State ...

Source: Nieuwe Oogst