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Table
.
Annual apple production by country
/
-
(
MT)
Year
Rank
( )
Country
/
China
USA
Former USSR
France
Turkey
Iran
Italy
Poland
Germany
India
Argentina
Japan
Chile
Spain
Korean DPR
Brazil
Mexico
Korean Rep.
Pakistan
Canada
Belg./Lux.
South Africa
Netherlands
New Zealand
Hungary
Romania
Egypt
Austria
Morocco
UK
Total
-
Total
World
Data from FAO (, ).
opportunitiesofferedbytheEnglishmarket.IndeedresearchinEnglandonap-
ple rootstock breeding and on fruit storage during this period was partly to sup-
port production in and shipment from these southern hemisphere countries.
Over the period
/
, when annual world production averaged
tons, France was the leading producer of apples, followed by, in
order, the USA, Germany, the [then] USSR, Italy and the United Kingdom
(Table
.
). These sixcountries between them produced
% of the total world
output. In
, by comparison, China was the leading producer followed by
