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Following a record crop in MY 2018/19, various unfavorable weather conditions across the EU lead to a 19 percent lower commercial apple, 13 percent lower pear....

Last year, the European Union-28 (EU-28) was once again the largest export market for U.S. tree nuts.

As a result of another dry growing season in 2019, European Union (EU) sugar production for marketing year (MY) 2019/20 is now forecast at 17.9 million metric tons (MT) in raw sugar equivalent (RSE).

In the last decade, tree nut shipments from the United States to the EU-28 have doubled, reaching a record $2.98 billion in 2015, of which $1.8 billion were almonds.

The EU-28 broiler sector is expected to grow in 2016 and 2017, benefiting from slowly increasing demand, since it has been less affected than other meats by the economic downturn in Europe.

The liberalization of the dairy market led to a strong increase of the slaughter of dairy cows. While the dairy cow herd is shrinking, the beef cow herd is slightly growing.