date:Dec 04, 2013
on, continues to decrease. Reduced profitability, due to increasing production costs and strong competition from other suppliers, are the main factors behind the drop. MY 2013/14 (June/May) EU-28 table grape production is forecast to jump 13 percent to 2.0 MMT. Significant increases are forecast to be registered in Italys table grape production (+15 percent), followed by Spain (+19.6 percent) and Greece (+2.5 percent).