How will a reduced European apple harvest impact UK growers?

摘要

British top-fruit growers concerned about the impact of this season's late frost can take some comfort from the situation on the continent, where, according to analysts, damage to tree fruit is at least as bad."Continuous market supply is at risk," says Hel-wig Schwartau, horticulture market analyst at Germany's Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (Agricultural Market Information Company, AMI). "Despite the hitherto vague statements, EU apple harvesting is likely to be below 10 million tonnes," he adds, compared to an average of more than 12 million tonnes over the past three years.