APRICOT CULTIVATION
The area where this fruit species is most widespread is the Mediterranean basin, which accounts for about 60% of the total world output. Other important regions of production are Asia Minor, California and East Europe. The countries that produce most apricots are, in this order, Turkey, Russia, Spain, Italy, the United States, France and Greece.
In Italy, some 84% of production (equal to about 1,800,000 quintals) is centred upon four regions alone: Campania (38.7%), Emilia-Romagna (26.6%), Basilicata (13.3%) and Sicily (5.5%).

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