As is well known, apple quantities harvested in 2017 were rather low due to frost in spring. This in turn affected volumes in general as well as quality. A lot of the fruit was therefore destined to the processing industry.
According to Assomela data, a little over 320 thousand tons of apples were destined to the processing industry in 2017, almost 19% of the total production (1,725,289 tons). The usual percentage is of around 12-13%.
In 2016, 266,178 tons were destined to the processing industry of the total 2,272,026 tons (13%). In 2015, 277,482 tons were destined to the processing industry out of a total of 2,279,808 tons (14%).