Table 2.China apple statistics in comparison with other nations for acreage (ha), total
production (MT) and yield/ha.Data are averages of years 1996, 1997 and 1998 (FAO database
http://apps.fao.org/).

Area
(ha)

Production
(MT)

Yield
(MT/ha)

China
USA
France
Turkey
Italy
Germany
Japan
Chile
South Korea
New Zealand
The Netherlands

3,677,697
192,190
78,000
106,932
68,920
65,067
46,800
34,439
41,282
15,873
13,625

17,263,668
4,785,000
2,463,667
2,350,000
2,007,287
1,972,660
930,767
863,333
651,654
557,000
476,667

4.7
24.9
31.6
22.0
29.3
30.3
19.9
25.1
15.8
34.0
35.0