Pear volumes also to increase
WAPA marked increase in Southern Hemisphere apple production 2015
The 2015 apple crop forecast suggests a noteworthy increase compared to last year influenced by Australia (+13%), New Zealand (+13%), South Africa (+10%) and Brazil (+6%), with no countries showing a decrease. Argentina and Chile also forecast a slight increase of +2 and +1%. This year’s crop is consequently estimated at 5.542.000 T up 5% on that of last year, and up 2% on the running average of crops between 2012 and 2014. Chile remains the largest southern hemisphere apple producer in 2015 at 1.678.000 T, while Brazil keeps the second place with 1.234.000 T. Argentina remains third with 907.000 T and South Africa is not far behind at 874.000 T. Forecast export figures decrease by 5% to 1.723.056 T.
As for pears, Southern Hemisphere growers predict an increase of the crop compared to 2014. Indeed, it is reported that the 2015 crop will increase by 5% on that of last year to 1.583.000 T and will also be up 4% compared to the overall average of years 2012-2014. New Zealand (+30%), Chile (+15%), Argentina (+10%) and Australia (+4%) all report an increase, whereas South Africa is the only to report a decrease of -3%. Forecast export figures for pears are reported to be 4% up compared to 2014 at 752.638 T.
As an additional note, the figures for Argentina are expected to change still, given the impact of heavy hail at the beginning of February 2015.
This report also provides breakdown information by varieties and is detailing the market offer between export, domestic and industry.
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This report has been compiled with the support of ASOEX (Chile), CAFI (Argentina), ABPM ( Brazil), SAAPPA (South Africa), APAL (Australia) and Pipfruit New Zealand (New Zealand) and provides consolidated data from the 6 leading Southern Hemisphere countries. Compiling these data, has previously proved a valuable exercise for the global apple and pear industry and a reliable source of information when the season progressively shifts from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere.