The apple harvest in Poland should be higher than last year. However, this does not mean that apples in the 2020/2021 season will be cheap. This is reported by analysts of the EastFruit project with a link to the fresh-market website.

According to the first forecasts, the apple harvest in Poland this year is expected to be about 300 thousand tons higher than last year. This is quite a lot, but there is a need to remember that last year’s harvest of these fruits in Poland was very low, at about 3 million tons (2.9 million tons according to WAPA and 3.1 million tons according to the Central Statistical Office). The Central Statistical Office of Poland this year estimates the apple harvest at 3 million tons and WAPA – at 3.4 million tons.

However, in addition to the expectation of a higher harvest in Poland, the future market situation will be influenced by the fact that Europe’s total apple harvest is estimated to be lower than a year ago. A drop in this product’s production is noted by important players in this market, particularly France, Italy, and Spain. This should give Poland a certain competitive edge, especially at the end of the season. Besides, there were also spring frosts in Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine, which negatively affected apple yields in these countries.

At the same time, the quality of apples is also an essential element. However, in this case, Poland’s position is not the best. Unfavorable weather conditions have led to a deterioration in the quality of apples in Polish orchards, and a significant part of the harvest may be de facto industrial apples. Most of the market participants agree that some industrial apples will go to this market as fresh in the event of a noticeable shortage of dessert apples on the European market.

In general, the prices for apples in the coming season will not be as high as at the end of the current season, but at the same time, they will not be low enough. Moreover, prerequisites indicate that the high demand for apples will remain until the end of the current season.

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The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) has published statistics on apple and pear residues stored in countries in the Northern Hemisphere.

According to the industry report, in Europe, the volume of apples in warehouses as of June 1 of this year was 33% less (657 thousand tons) than on the same date in 2019 (985 thousand tons). Most apples are stored in Italy – 207 thousand tons (-32.4% by 2019), France – 153 thousand tons (+ 6.7%), and Spain – 69.5 thousand tons (+30.5 %). It is noted that in Denmark the storage facilities are completely empty (-100%). FruitNews reports that the volume of production in storage decreased significantly in Poland (-75.6%), Germany (-56.6%), and Austria (-55%).

Of the total storage in Europe, 49.5% of apples are Golden Delicious, Jonagold – 8.7%, and Granny Smith – 5%.

Besides, in European stocks, the volume of pears decreased by 37% from 65.5 thousand tons in 2019 to 41.3 thousand tons in 2020. Most pears are stored in warehouses in the Netherlands (-16% compared with last year; 31.5 thousand tons), Spain (-4%; 8.5 thousand tons), and Belgium (-93.8%; 815 tons). The variety of Conference pears makes up 97.7% of the total.

As EastFruit previously reported, the United States can begin a new apple season, with significant volumes of the 2019 harvest apple in stock.

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