“Beware of over-optimism”
“The outlook is better than last year,” begins Tony Derwael of Bel’Export, who handles global fruit and vegetable trading. He is referring to the Belgian pear season, adding that picking is generally lower than the WAPA forecast. He expects the Belgian crop to be around 380,000 tons, about the same as last year.
Tony sees the whole of Europe is expecting lesser
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