Canada: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual 2012

Following an April frost, apple production in several of the provinces was dramatically affected. With production expected to be down by approximately 80 percent in those provinces, Canada's overall apple production is expected to decrease approximately 30 percent. Pear production numbers will also be affected by the frost. Moreover, the declining trend in pear production caused by the disappearance of the processing industry will continue into 2012, with a further estimated reduction of nearly 25 percent. Canada imports over 95 percent of its fresh table grapes and will continue to do so in the years to come. For 2012, Post forecasts a 4.3 percent increase in imports.