TABLE 2.--World exports: Canned deciduous fruits, specified countries, averages 1934-38 and 
1953-57, marketing seasons 1956-59 
| Average | 
1956-57 1957-58 
1934-38 1953-57 
1,000 cases 1,000 cases 1,000 cases 1,000 cases | 1,000 cases 1,000 cases 
24/2%'s 24/2%’s 24/2%’s 24/2%’s 24/2%’s 
ArGentinacicjcccecececieecie 2 308.07 230.0 673.9 536.2 102.5 
IMTS Talal aratetotelekelelevereteleleiers 3,360.6 2,536.0 3,427.0 SB) alats}5(0) 3,605.0 
Belgium-Luxembourg.. 132.2 U/ 202 78.5 243.7 146.2 
Gn oe ane rate 88.2 78.1 VWAeD 143.1 98.6 
L Gay wiieticives ca sinis sees 193.2 235.9 195.4 340.1 478.1 
DADAM evekelevelsielelelelale) ofeletolelate 42.6 74.8 108.7 224.0 217.8 
NetherlandS....ssseecees 428.3 498.8 49.4 105.0 125.9 
‘Spalnletereleletsksieleterereavelelerslete 2ye32> Prssbiys! 2,987.0 2,813.8 MBG 7 
Rep. of South Africa.... 2,198.6 2,367.3 2,849.7 2,530.0 2,829.4 
United: STAGES sclcrccicies se 6 5 077. 9 3607-9 4,545.3 5,195.4 4,248.6 5,983.0 
TOtal.ccccccccsccccccs 15 ,942.2 
7,105.2 12,592.8 13 ,673.7 15,712.5 14 ,297.5 
1 4-year average, 1953 not available. 
2 with sugar only. 
production in sirup in consumer-size cans, with the principal products being peaches, apricots, 
and fruit salad. In the future the amount of fruit canned in consumer-size cans is expected to 
show a large increase, and almost all of it will be packed in the Murcia area, This is Spain's 
main processing area, which produces about 90 percent of the ''pulp'' pack and 70 percent of the 
fruits canned in sirup. 
In the Murcia area also, a new can manufacturing plant began production in 1960, and will 
eventually replace can manufacturing by each cannery. 
Some of the leading canners are contemplating the establishment of export standards for 
canned fruits. The lack of consistent quality has been one of the major drawbacks in consumer 
acceptance in the importing countries. According to the U.K. importing trade, the quality of 
Spanish canned fruits has steadily improved, gradually erasing buyers' prejudices of the past. 
Spanish canned fruits on the U.K. market are consistently priced below those from other export- 
ing countries, 
The Spanish industry now is attempting to modernize its plants. Even though most plants 
do not have the latest machinery, their canning practices are good under the circumstances, 
Production of fresh deciduous fruits has been increasing gradually in Spain. In the Murcia 
area, large increases have taken place in the past 5 years and, in the past 2 years, hundreds of 
apricot and peach trees have been planted and additional plantings are planned.! As these plant- 
ings come into bearing, increased fresh fruit supplies will tend to reduce the present high cost 
of fruit to the canners. 
Production and Acreage of Fresh Fruits 
Deciduous fruits are grown over a wide area of Spain, with the heaviest concentration in 
the northeast and Levante region, Production has been increasing over the past 20 years, with 
apricots and peaches taking the lead for canning. (Pears and cherries are important to this 
survey only to the extent that they are used for fruit salad and fruit cocktail.) 
1 According to trade sources, Data are not available for 1959 and 1960 acreage and tree numbers, 
