Germany: Stone Fruit Report 2016
German total cherry production for CY 2016 is estimated at 48,088 MT. This is a decrease of one percent compared to CY 2015, and a nine percent decrease compared to the average of the preceding ten years. Germany is the third-largest importer of cherries in the world, after Russia and China. The majority of imports originate in other EU-28 member states. Largest non-EU suppliers are Turkey for sweet cherries and Serbia for tart cherries.