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On August 2-4, 2023, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) presented the 2023 EU apple and pear crop forecast at the 48th edition of the Prognosfruit convention.

In MY 2023/24, EU production of peaches and nectarines is estimated to amount to 3.6 million MT while cherry production is anticipated to amount to 657,435 MT.

In 2022, EU wood pellet consumption hit a new record of 24.8 million metric tons (MMT) mainly due to increased residential use.

With the gradual lifting of the lockdowns, and recovering economies, consumption of bioethanol and biobased diesel (BBD) are estimated to have increased by respectively 6.1 percent and 0.6 percent in 2022.

On July 5, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted a new proposal to regulate plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (NGTs) and their use for food and feed.

U.S. exporters of vanilla extract are advised not to ship product to the European Union until further notice.

Weather conditions ranging from excessive heat to cooler than average temperatures, and from drought to excessive moisture, have curbed MY 2023/24 EU winter grain production expectations.

The restrictive marketing measures that Ireland wants to introduce for all alcohol products could impact U.S. exports to the EU.

It is expected that in 2016 milk deliveries in the European Union will increase by 1.1 percent and stabilize in 2017.

The EU-28 sugar production for food purposes for MY 2016/17 is now forecasted at 16.2 million MT in raw sugar equivalent (RSE), with another 1.8 million MT produced for industrial purposes.