Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table
.
Pear exports. Exports in
MT from the
leading pear exporters
Exports
Exports
Country and
Country and
rank in
rank in
France ()
Argentina ()
Argentina ()
South Africa ()
Italy ()
Belg./Lux. ()
Netherlands ()
Chile ()
South Africa ()
USA ()
China ( )
Netherlands ( )
Spain ()
Italy ()
Chile ()
China ()
Belg./Lux. ()
France ()
USA ()
Spain ()
Australia ()
Australia ()
Japan ()
Hong Kong ()
Data from FAO (, , ).
Table
.
Major uses of apples in selected regions,
-
(
MT)
Fresh
Fresh
consumption
exports
Processing
Withdrawal
EC
USA
Turkey
Argentina
South Africa
Data from O'Rourke ().
processing are declining and in the USA in
were only about a quarter of
the fresh apple price (Belrose,
).
Under many, perhaps most, circumstances the apples which are used in
processing do not cover their full share of production costs. In Washington
State in
a typical orchard might produce
tons of apples per acre
tha
−
) at a total cost of $
(
, i.e. $
per ton. The orchard would
typically yield
tons of apples sold for fresh consumption at $
.
per ton,
tons of apples suitable for canning or peeling at $
.
per ton and
tons of
apples suitable for juice only at $
). Although
the fruit sold for processing does not appear to meet its cost of production,
as long as the price per ton exceeds the costs of harvesting and transporting
to the processor this processing fruit makes a net contribution to the grower's
income because it does not affect his pre-harvest costs.
.
per ton (Hinman
et al.
,
