Table 6.

Area of cultivation/production of pears (1,000 ha) in EU MS (Source: EUROSTAT accessed on 16 July 2018 and 21 September 2018)

Country/Year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
European Union (current composition)	120.40	117.01	117.80	117.26	116,24
Belgium	8.92	9.08	9.34	9.69	10.02
Bulgaria	0.45	0.34	0.53	0.41	0.45
Czech Republic	0.90	0.88	0.79	0.74	0.71
Denmark	0.35	0.36	0.34	0.30	0.30
Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)	1.93	1.93	1.93	1.93	2.14
Estonia	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Ireland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Greece	4.82	4.97	4.95	4.08	3.78
Spain	24.24	23.64	22.88	22.55	21.89
France	5.35	5.36	5.37	5.30	5.25
Croatia	0.80	1.04	0.90	0.93	0.90
Italy	31.53	30.15	30.86	32.29	31.73
Cyprus	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.07
Latvia	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Lithuania	0.86	0.90	0.87	0.80	0.82
Luxembourg	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Hungary	3.00	2.89	2.88	2.88	2.87
Malta	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Netherlands	8.51	8.60	9.23	9.40	9.70
Austria	0.48	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.46
Poland	9.50	9.20	9.20	7.49	:
Portugal	12.01	12.01	12.12	12.62	12.56
Romania	3.91	3.46	2.91	3.15	3.14
Slovenia	0.22	0.21	0.20	0.20	0.20
Slovakia	0.17	0.13	0.11	0.11	0.11
Finland	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.04
Sweden	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12
United Kingdom	2.00	1.00	1.48	1.50	1.50

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