Italy: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual
With approximately 2.3 million metric tons (MMT), Italy provides almost 20 percent of the EU-28 apple production. Italy’s MY 2016/17 apple production is forecast to remain flat compared to the previous campaign. Italy is the largest EU-28 pear producer. Its MY 2016/17 pear production is forecast at 678,000 MT, an 11 percent drop from the previous campaign (764,000 MT) due to temperatures below average from spring to mid-June. Italy is also the leading table grape producer in the EU-28, followed by Greece and Spain. MY 2016/17 table grape production is forecast to decrease by 4.3 percent due to adverse weather during fruit set. Fruit quality is expected to be very good.
