Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table
.
The major destinations of fresh apples from the
top ten exporters in
Exporter
Rank
Major destinations
France
United Kingdom
Chile
Netherlands
Italy
West Germany
New Zealand
Belgium/Luxembourg
Poland
USSR
United States
Canada
South Africa
United Kingdom
Netherlands
West Germany
Argentina
Brazil
Belgium/Luxembourg
West Germany
From Vidyashankara and Wilson (). Credit Washington
State University IMPACT Program.
Chile, Iran or South Africa, and those into New Zealand were only three
hundredths of
% of exports.
Trade in pears
Whereas in
France and Italy were ranked first and third, in terms of ex-
ports they were only ninth and seventh respectively in
, while Argentina,
South Africa, Chile and the USA had improved their relative positions
(Table
.
).
Apple and pear products
Apples and pears have many uses: fresh fruits, fresh fruit juice, concentrated
fruit juice, cider and perry, 'pop wine', and various canned and dried fruit
products.
Freshfruitsarebyfarthemostimportantintermsoftotalappleconsumption
(Table
.
).Theyareevenmoresointermsofvalue:intheUSAovertheperiod
the prices growers received for fresh apples averaged more than
twice those received for apples for processing. Within the processing sector
higher prices were paid for large apples suitable for peeling for canning and
freezing; dried apples, from sound fruit, achieved about
-
% of the canning
and peeling price and apples for pressing for juice and cider averaged
%of
the canning and freezing price (Greig and Blakeslee,
). Prices of apples for
