Apple production in Germany

Hildegard Garming
Thnen Institute of Farm Economics

Braunschweig
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Apple production in Germany compared to the
world, 2011
Rank Area in ha Production in tons Yield in ton/ha
1 China 2.052.000 China 35.985.000 Austria 90,4
2 India 289.100 USA 4.275.108 Switzerland 78,0
3 Russian Federation 188.000 India 2.891.000 Netherlands 50,6
4 Poland 183.526 Turkey 2.680.075 New Zealand 48,7
5 Turkey 142.408 Poland 2.493.078 France 44,4
6 USA 133.789 Italy 2.411.201 Italy 42,4
7 Iran 133.395 France 1.857.349 Israel 40,8
8 Pakistan 110.411 Iran 1.651.839 Slovenia 38,5
9 Ukraine 105.200 Brazil 1.338.995 Libya 36,2
10 North Korea 72.800 Russian Federation 1.200.000 Brazil 35,2
11 Uzbekistan 70.000 Chile 1.169.092 South Africa 34,7
12 Belarus 60.102 Argentina 1.115.951 Chile 33,4
13 Italy 56.860 Ukraine 954.100 USA 32,0
14 Mexico 56.845 Germany 898.448 Belgium 29,5
15 Moldova 55.790 South Africa 781.124 Luxemburg 28,8
16 Romania 52.722 Germany 28,4
17 Serbia 48.000
18 Argentina 42.394
19 France 41.867

25 Chile 35.030
26 Hungary 33.092
27 Germany 31.608
Source: FAOSTAT 2013
28 Spain 31.507
61 Switzerland 4.187

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Germany: Total apple production and area 2002-2012

total production (tons) total area (ha)

Linear (total production (tons))
1.200.000 35.000
34.000
1.100.000 33.000
1.000.000 32.000
31.000
tons

ha
900.000 30.000
29.000
800.000 28.000
700.000 27.000
26.000
600.000 25.000

Source: stat. Bundesamt 2012

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Main apple producing regions in Germany 2012
by share of total production
% of total production Altes Land
Kiel
31.6 % of production
Schwerin
Hamburg

Bremen

Berlin
Hannover
Potsdam
Sachsen
Magdeburg 9.5 % of production
Dsseldorf
Dresden

Erfurt

Wiesbaden
Mainz

Saarbrcken

Stuttgart

Mnchen Lake Constance

30.1 % of production
Source: stat. Bundesamt 2012
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Main apple production regions in Germany 2012
by share of total apple area
% of total area Altes Land
29.2 % of area

Sachsen
8.0 % of area

Lake Constance
30.0 % of area
Source: stat. Bundesamt 2012

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Important apple varieties in % of total production, 2012

20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%

Source: stat. Bundesamt 2012

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Apple varieties in Germany in % of production area
Germany Baden-Wrttemberg Niedersachsen Sachsen
35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%

Source: stat. Bundesamt 2012

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Farm gate prices of important apple varieties

fresh apple all varieties

100
90
80
70
Euro / 100 kg

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Source: AMI 2008-2013

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Farm gate prices of important apple varieties
fresh apple all varieties Elstar Jonagold
Braeburn Royal Gala Golden Delicious
100
90
80
70
Euro / 100 kg

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Source: AMI 2008-2013

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Farm gate prices of important apple varieties
fresh apple all varieties Elstar Jonagold
Braeburn Royal Gala Golden Delicious
Fuji Kanzi Topaz

100
90
80
70
Euro / 100 kg

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: AMI 2008-2013
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Apple quality categories (% of total production)
Baden-Wrttemberg Hamburg Niedersachsen
Nordrhein-Westfalen Sachsen Germany
90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
fresh fruit processing not marketed

Source: stat. Bundesamt 2012

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 Distribution of farms and production area by farm size

Number of farms by farm size in selected regions

Region 0,5- 0.99 ha 1 - 1.99 ha 2 - 2.99 ha 3 - 4.99 ha 5 - 9.99 ha 10 and more
Baden-Wrttemberg 30,3% 24,1% 11,7% 11,5% 12,1% 10,4%
Niedersachsen/Hamburg 5,8% 8,0% 5,2% 7,7% 16,2% 57,0%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 13,3% 9,3% 11,5% 15,5% 19,0% 31,4%
Sachsen 6,5% 19,6% 34,8% 39,1%

Production area by farm size in selected regions

Region 0,5- 0.99 ha 1 - 1.99 ha 2 - 2.99 ha 3 - 4.99 ha 5 - 9.99 ha 10 and more
Baden-Wrttemberg 4,2% 6,1% 5,5% 9,7% 21,8% 52,6%
Niedersachsen/Hamburg 0,2% 0,7% 0,8% 1,9% 8,1% 88,3%
Nordrhein-Westfalen 1,0% 1,4% 3,0% 6,5% 14,3% 73,8%
Sachsen 0,3% 2,2% 12,7% 84,9%

Source: stat. Bundesamt 2012

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