Tridge summary
The 2022 apple trade campaign in Europe has been challenging for producers and exporters due to increased costs in logistics, energy, and fertilizer. The president of the Trade Association of Apple and Pear Growers in Poland, Dominik Wozniak, highlighted the impact of the war in Ukraine on the harvest, with many Ukrainian seasonal workers unable to participate. Many producers have had to deliver apples for low prices to avoid storage costs. The EU is estimated to harvest 12.2 million tonnes of apples for the 2022/23 season, with Poland expecting to produce 4.75 million tons.
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This year's trade campaign for European apples is one of the toughest in recent history, according to one of the category's leading suppliers. The president of the Trade Association of Apple and Pear Growers (WAPA), Dominik Wozniak, said the situation for producers and exporters in his home country of Poland has been extremely complicated. The difficulties that producers have faced in recent months are similar to the problems that have affected other European countries, such as rising logistics, energy and fertilizer costs. Although Polish production numbers are positive, 2022 will be remembered by producers as one of the most difficult in recent years. “Many of the seasonal workers in Poland are actually Ukrainians who, due to the war, were unable to participate in the harvest, explained Wozniak, who is also vice-president of the Polish cooperative Rajpol. In addition to this difficulty, many producers ...
Source: Agrolink
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