At the end of February 2023, French apple stocks, measured over a period of one year, have decreased by 11% (-11%). In concrete terms, this means that – with the exception of Pink Lady – the stocks of all apple varieties have become smaller. Price levels are above those of 2021 and those of the five-year average. Now that the end of the marketing season is approaching, pear stocks, measured over a year, have decreased by 4% (-4%). Price levels are lower this year than last year, but also higher than a month earlier.
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Apples: stocks have decreased by 11%At the end of February 2023, apple stocks in France, measured over a year, have decreased by 11% and are 2% below the five-year average. A significant part of the 2022 yield, in some growing areas even up to 20%, is no longer usable due to the traces left by a heat wave and has been transferred to the processing industry. As a result of these quality problems, sorting was more selective after harvest and during storage, which reduced the number of batches stored. Most varieties therefore saw their stocks shrink during the year. For example, for the Gala variety, which was affected by the heat wave this year and as a result only developed small sizes and suffered from sub-optimal quality, stocks have decreased by 16%. Stocks of the Golden and Granny-Smith varieties have also decreased, to be precise 18% and 20% respectively. Pink Lady stocks, on the other hand, have increased by 67%. Since November 2022, apple prices have been above last year and ...
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