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Common Market Organisation (CMO)Fruit and vegetables sector

Market situation for F&V in the EU

Unit G.2. - Wine, spirits, and horticultural products

DG Agriculture and Rural Development

European Commission

Civil Dialogue Group "Fruits & Vegetables" – 5 April 2019

Market situation for F&V in the EU

1. Market context

2. Vegetables

3. Fruit

1. Market context

1. Market context

1. Market context

• Hot weather in early autumn and mild winter:

Affected quality some fruits (over-ripened apples & pears)

Low demand for certain products in Europe (citrus, pip fruit)

1. Market context

1. Market context

• Frost in mid-winter:

Slowed down production of certain vegetables

Significant price recovery (cucumbers, courgettes, aubergines)

1. Market context

1. Market context

• Drought combined with mild temperatures:

Increased need to irrigate crops

Advanced flowering certain fruit (stone fruit)

Risk of damages if spring frost

1. Market context

1. Market context

• Russian ban:

Significant increase F&V Russian production – but still import

Ban on imports from Ukraine - possibly on re-exports Belarus

Facilitation imports fromMoldova & Turkish tomatoes

• North Africa:

Steady increase EU exports to Egypt

Partially compensates for dramatic drop Algeria

1. Market context

• FTA negotiations:

Mercosur: deadlock

Australia & New Zealand: ongoing

• CETA Canada: Substantial increase EU exports

• Japan: Expectations to improve trade (but long distance for F&V)

2. Vegetables

• Average EU market situation this season

• Price fluctuations in certain periods (supply concentrations)

2. Vegetables

• Winter cold impacted vegetable production & marketing

• Prices cucumbers, courgettes, aubergines recovered

3. Fruit

• EU abundant crop - negative impact on prices

• Last summer’s heat and drought affected quality

• High stock volumes, limited shelf life – price pressure

3. Fruits

• Difficult market situation in Spain - production conditions

• Large crop, delays harvest early fruit, overlapping

• Quality problems – heat and drought, floods October

• Low demand –mild weather

3. Fruits

• Mild winter weather in Spain advanced fruit development

• High early production of good quality expected

• But recent damages caused by frost and hailstorms

Thank you for your attention!

Unit G.2. - Wine, spirits, and horticultural products

European CommissionDG Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentDirectorate G. Markets and Observatories