British Apples and Pears is the national trade body in the UK for the apple industry.
History
The organisation began in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
in the early 1990s.
In April and May 1997, severe frosts damaged orchards, giving the worst crop since 1934. Instead of 300,000 tonnes, output was expected at around 150,000 tonnes.
In 2010 it represented around 400 growers across country.
In 2014, the UK was the 39th largest producer of apples in the world. It produced 202,900 tonnes in 2012, down by half from 416,200 tonnes twenty five years before. Two-thirds of the nation's requirement for apples are imported; much of this is frozen for 12 months or more. The food industry is Britain's largest manufacturing industry, employing 1 in 8 people. In the 1970s and 1980s the EEC gave funding to British farmers for the removal of orchards. The lowest point of the British apple industry was 2003, with 143,900 tonnes produced.
Since 2010 British industry advertising could not claim any health benefits of apples, if not approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Structure
It was registered on 25 January 1990 as English Apples and Pears (EAP), its former name. The name changed on 9 October 2019.
Companies House
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It moved from Kent to Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
in December 2017.
See also
* Fernhurst Research Station
The Fernhurst Research Station was a crop protection chemical research institute in West Sussex, mainly run by ICI, for the Horticulture industry, fruit industry. The site is to the east of the A286 road, A286, around a mile south of the village o ...
in West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ar ...
, formerly of ICI Plant Protection Division
* List of countries by apple production
This is a list of countries by apple production in 2016 and 2017, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The estimated total world production of apples in 2017 was 83,139,326 metric tonnes, down ...
* List of countries by pear production
* World Apple and Pear Association
* Worshipful Company of Fruiterers
The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers is a livery company of the city of London originally and presently concerned with the fruit trade, and a charitable institution.
History
The Company was founded in 1463 and received a Royal Charter in 1605. ...
References
External links
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1990 establishments in England
Apple production
East Lindsey District
Food industry trade groups based in the United Kingdom
Horticultural organisations based in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Lincolnshire
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