Southern Hemisphere pear

  • Published on 3/03/2017 - Published by Market News Service / FruiTrop
  • FruiTrop n°246 , Page From 22 to 22
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After several years of uncertainty, which have resulted in a considerable fall in pear imports from the Southern Hemisphere from 2010, European demand seems to stabilising at just under 210 000 tonnes. The 2017 campaign could confirm this trend. The harvests have already begun in the Southern Hemisphere, in both South Africa or Argentina. The potential should overall be reasonable due to unfavourable climate conditions in Argentina. This source has suffered rains, but also hail and frosts which have damaged the potential. All this does not leave expectations of a bumper harvest, especially because of the short flowering period. The tonnage could be at most similar to the past two campaigns, itself a low figure. Conversely, South African production should increase a little more (+ 2 % on 2016). The climate conditions were not too unfavourable, plus there was an increase in surface areas (+ 1 %) and the entry into production of young orchards.

Source: Infofruit

southern hemisphere pear - EU imports
southern hemisphere pear - EU imports

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