According to estimates by Fruit-Union Suisse, the harvest of cider fruit will not quite reach 80,000 tonnes, a harvest considered average. The indicative prices remain unchanged for the 2020 campaign while the withholding system applied in 2019 is maintained in order to relieve the market congestion and to reduce stocks of apple and pear juice concentrates.
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The Fruit-Union Suisse (FUS) has had the 2020 cider fruit harvest listed by the cantonal reporting stations. The cider industry is expecting 71,493 tonnes of cider apples this year, of which 3,095 tonnes are organic and 68,398 tonnes under the Suisse Garantie brand, i.e. a harvest that is 2% lower than the average for the last four years. The expected pear harvest is 7683 tonnes. Surpluses in the table fruit market are estimated at 16,153 tonnes. On August 18, the Fruits à cider product center of the Fruit-Union Suisse (FUS) - a joint committee made up of producers and cider-making establishments - defined the procedure and set the indicative values for the campaign. to come up. Flexible holdback system unclogs the market In order to continue to unblock the market and reduce concentrate stocks, CP has decided to levy a quantity holdback. The industry therefore retains the system applied in 2019. For cider apples, the withholding starts at 5 francs / 100 kg and increases in steps ...
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