European clingstone peach crop down by 18%, says EUROPECH'

摘要

Cling peach production in Greece, Spain, France and Italy is expected to be down by 18% in 2013, according to the latest forecast from EUROPECH'. The revised figures were established on June 15, and included peaches, nectarines and clingstone peaches."A number of climatic misfortunes have affected certain production hubs since the end of April, notably in Spain and particularly in Greece," EUROPECH' wrote. "Consequently, production volumes at a European level are lower than the estimates presented during Medfel at the end of April.