World carrot production increases a 50% over the last ten years, but decreases in Europe, specially South

Europe?s main Apiaceae crops are carrot (5 million tons), with fennel a distant second (522,000 t), followed by celeriac (400,000 t) and blanching celery (274,000 t). World carrot production is estimated at 35.5 million tons (FAO, average 2010-2012), which means a 50% increase over the last ten years. China is by far the largest producer, with a volume of 17 million tons. It is followed by Russia and the United States (ca. 1.5 million t each). Poland ranks fourth in the world (800,000 t). In Europe, carrot production is evaluated at a little over 5 million tons, which is a 2% decrease compared to the early 2000s. France is positioned behind Poland and the UK, together with Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. Production in France and Italy has been declining since the early 2000s, whereas Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium have raised their volumes. For the EU-27 as a whole, imports from third countries are very low as compared to intra-EU trade volumes, which represent almost one fifth of the European production. Overall French production (fresh + processing) remained fairly stable between 2000 and 2007, at about 700,000 t, but decreased in subsequent years, with a total of ca. 532,000 t in 2013. Production for the fresh market dropped from almost 500,000 t in 2000 to 300,000 t in 2013. In ten years? time, import volumes increased by 30%, reaching ca. 133,000 tons, while exports decreased by nearly 10%, and now represent 100,000 tons (average 2011-2013). As an average for 2011-2013, 43% of imports (to France) came from Belgium, 19% from Spain, and 8% from the Netherlands and Portugal respectively; 39% of the (French) exported volumes were destined for Belgium, 15% for the United Kingdom, and 8% for the Netherlands. ? Original title, authors and sourcesKey figures of international production of carrot and other Apiaceae Christian Hutin and Dani?le ScandellaCtifl Carrot and other Apiaceae International Symposium, 17-19 September 2014, Angers, France, http://www.symposium-carrot-apiaceae2014.fr/ Picture by avegansmiles.com.au ? Key words Poscosecha??????? postcosecha????? postharvest?????? na-oes? ?????????????? ?????????????????????? post-r?colte????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? na-oogst???????????? post-raccolta???? Obr?bka po?????? p?s-colheita????? ???????????????????????? hasat sonras????? ??????????????? Ernte???? ????????????????????????? ?????????????????????? postcollita?????????? poskliz?ov頠???? ?????? ????????????????? ??????????????? nakon branja???? pozberov頠?????????????????????? obdelovanje zemlje po??????????????? post-colleita????? ??????????????? pascapanen??????????????? ?il?onn postharvest??????? ????????????? p?c ra?as???????????? derliaus apdirbimas polepas tuai??????????? ??????????? post-recoltare???????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????????????????? sau thu ho?ch??????????????? ?????????????????????????????? zangemva kwenkathi yokuvuna Zanahoria???????????????????????? carrot??? wortel? ?????????? ?????????????????? karoto? carotte????????????????????? ??????????????????????? carota?? marchew??????????? cenoura?????????????? ??????????????????? havu砠? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????