It is predicted that apple exports will be “far below levels previously expected”, despite forecasting a rise in apple exports in the 2021/22 marketing year.
The apple export estimate for this year is 375,000 metric tons.
Similarly to 2021, this year’s production and export volumes are likely to be considerably lower than before the Covid-19 pandemic started. Exports had been rising for three consecutive years until 2021, when the lowest export volume since 2016/2017 was recorded.