With more than 2MMT, Italy provides around 20 percent of the EU-28 apple production. MY 2013/14 apple production is forecast to increase by 10.8 percent compared to the previous year. Italy is the largest pear producer in the EU-28 and ranks third in the world after China and the United States.
Italy’s MY 2013/14 pear production is forecast at 741,000 MT, a 14 percent increase over last season’s supply mainly thanks to good flowering and fruit set. Italy ranks sixth in world’s table grape production and third among table grape exporters, behind Chile and the United States. Italy’s MY 2013/14 table grape production is forecast to increase significantly from the previous campaign, mainly thanks to favorable weather during flowering and fruit set.
