Forecast working group « Apples and pears » 10/03/2008 European Commission – DG AGRI – Unit C.2

2 Outline I. New elements in the statistical working documents. 1.Data on prices – more detailed. 2.Data on trade – switching from EU evolutionary to EU 27 simulated (COMEXT data). II. EU imports of fresh apples from FJR Macedonia and Serbia.

3 I.1. Data on apples and pears prices - more detailed  Details by main varieties  Details by representative markets NB: It is not always appropriate to compare prices in different MS as they may have chosen different methodology to record prices pursuant to Regulation 877/2004.

4 Old way of presenting prices in the DTR – one average price per MS including all varieties and markets

5 New way of presenting prices in the DTR – by individual variety on main EU markets

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7 New way of presenting prices in the DTR – by separate varieties in individual MS

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14 2. Data on trade – switching from EU evolutionary to EU 27 simulated  The simulation disregards the date on which MS joined the EU (data available from 1999 onwards);  Extra EU 27 trade excludes the quantities exchanged between old and new MS but includes new MS’s trade with third countries;  Intra EU 27 trade includes the quantities traded between all 27 MS.

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18 II. EU imports of fresh apples from FJR Macedonia and Serbia

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