Poland: Stone Fruit Annual
Polish stone fruit yields will decline due to late-spring frost damage. Poland’s sweet and sour cherry production in 2017 is forecast to decrease by 64 percent from last 2016. Total production of cherries (sour and sweet) is forecast at 90,000 metric tons (MT), consisting of 70,000 MT of sour and 20,000 MT of sweet cherries. Cherry acreage decreased by 2.3 percent from 2016, totaling roughly 38,000 hectares. Polish traders are looking to source sour cherries and peaches from international suppliers due to limited local stocks.
