Production reduced by 15% for stone fruits in Spain

Representatives of producer and marketing associations from the main regions of Spain participated by videoconference in the meeting of the FEPEX Stone Fruit Committee.

 

 

 

This meeting made it possible to specify that this year production will be reduced by at least 15% compared to last year.

 

 

 

Asociafruit (Andalucía) announced that the harvest of peaches and nectarines would increase from 49 million kilos in 2019 to around 40 million kilos this season. Murcia, according to Apoexpa data, forecasts a drop of 20% compared to 2019 for the earliest varieties, while for the mid-season varieties, the decline will be less.

 

 

 

A reduction of 15 to 20% is also expected in the northern cultivation areas (Aragón, Cataluña) although the harvest has not yet started. The decline in stone fruit production is largely due to a reduction in area, which was around 2,000 hectares for the Cataluña region and as much for the Extremadura region.

 

 

 

Production is also expected to fall in other EU countries such as Italy and France.