January 21 2014, 16:39 Fito-Mag

Russia: pear production down

According to WAPA data, pear production in the Russian Federation has significantly gone down in the season 2013/14.

Russia's pear production amounted just to 43,000 tons, a decrease of 14% compared with the previous season and the lowest result over the past 10 years. For comparison, production totaled 50,000 tons in the season 2012/13.

We would remind you that the highest pear production level was registered in the Russian Federation in the season 2007/08: 96,000 tons.