Canada: Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual
For marketing year (MY) 2017/18, FAS/Ottawa forecasts an 8 percent decrease in Canadian apple production, resulting from suboptimal growing and harvest seasons. U.S. market share of Canadian imports of fresh apples is estimated to remain at 80 percent. FAS/Ottawa forecasts a decline in Canadian imports of fresh pears and fresh table grapes in MY 2017/18 as a result of production increases on favorable weather conditions. U.S. market share of Canadian imports is estimated to remain at 50 percent for both fresh pears and table grapes.