French fruit farmers to limit imports of Polish apples
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Fruit farmers in France have a problem with large imports of apples from Poland. According to an industry magazine, they are devastating for the local market. Agriculture & Environnement alarms that local fruit farmers are not able to compete with the prices of Polish apples, which in France range from €0.18 to €0.48 per kilogram.
According to data published by the magazine, over the last year imports of Polish apples to France increased twelve times, from 1,160 metric tons to 13,900 metric tons. The magazine notes that over five million tons of apples are produced in Poland per year, which accounts for 37 percent of the total harvest in the European Union.
