Spanish stone fruit production will grow slightly confirming the return to normality

Published 2024년 5월 28일

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Spanish stone fruit production is projected to reach 1.5 million tons in 2023, marking a 1% increase from the previous year and a 12% rise compared to the five-year average. This recovery is due to favorable weather conditions and is expected to be led by an increase in pavia production, despite a decrease in Paraguayan harvest and stable peach and nectarine yields. The industry faces challenges such as rising costs and EU green policies, including restrictions on pest control substances and packaging regulations, which concern industry experts from Spain, Italy, France, and Greece. The EU is experiencing a downturn in stone fruit consumption.

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The Spanish production of stone fruit (peach, paraguayan, pavia and nectarine) could reach 1.5 million tons this year in Spain, which would mean an increase of almost 1% compared to the harvest obtained last, in which There was a significant recovery compared to the previous one (+44%). These are the forecasts presented by Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain, which on May 22 participated in the Europech Forum, together with representatives of the sector from Italy, France and Greece. The forecast released by the cooperatives would represent an increase of 12% compared to the average of the last five years and would be confirmation of a return to productive normality, after the short results of the years 2020, 2021 and, above all, 2022, when it barely exceeded one million tons. The absence of meteorological incidents during flowering and fruit setting allows these figures to be managed. By products, the evolution is not uniform compared to last year, since an increase in pavia ...

Source: Agropopular