Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 24 ISSUE 1
Written by Radu Lucian PÂNZARU, Dragoș Mihai MEDELETE, Diana Marina SORA

Fruits can be an important component of food consumption, due to their beneficial properties, related to the content in nutritional principles. The study tries to present the situation of consumers in Romania, based on fruit consumption in the context of existing realities worldwide and at European Union level, for the period 2017-2019. The total recorded fruit consumption is characterized by an average of 3,255.33 thousand t, and the consumption per inhabitant was, on average, 102.12 kg. Worldwide, Romania accounted for an average of 0.45% of total fruit consumption, with about 4.70% of the Community consumption. Regarding the consumption per capita, compared to the situation for world and community, Romania exceeded the level for total consumption of fruit by +15.0 and 31.61%, respectively. There is a preponderance of consumption of grapes, other fruits and apples (about 86%). It can be appreciated that it is necessary to revive the fruit sector and the processing industry, as prerequisites for increasing fruit consumption in Romania.

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