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China drives world pear production

World pear production has increased about a third over the last decade, and China, the world's leading producer of pears, is the main driver of that growth.

For the 2002-2003 season, world pear production was just under 15 million MT. That rose to over 21 million MT in for the 2012-2013 season, and the majority of that production can be attributed to Chinese growers. All of the world's growers outside of China account for a little over five million MT of the world's production. By contrast, Chinese growers account for over 16 million MT of pears.

Outside of China, Argentina and the United States are the biggest growers of pears, with Argentina producing just over 800,000 MT during the 2012-2013 season and the US producing just under 800,000 MT. Italy accounted for over 700,000 MT for the same period, and Spain, Turkey, South Africa and Japan all produced under 400,000 MT for the year.