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Orchard Ledger — UT of J&K Horticulture Statistics

UT of Jammu & Kashmir · Directorate of Horticulture & Digest of Statistics 2023-24

Orchard Ledger — Horticulture Production Trends

Nineteen years of area-production statistics across eleven fruit crops, grouped by temperate pome, stone, dry (nut) and sub-tropical categories, with a 3-year linear projection band.

Apple output · 2024-25 (prov.)

20.56

lakh MT · UT of J&K

Production trend, with 3-year forecast

'000 metric tonnes

2004

How to read this: toggle crops or whole categories in the panel on the right. Trend shows historical output with a dashed 3-year linear projection and a shaded 95% band. Production Race animates a ranked bar chart across all 19 survey years — press play. Area vs Output is a log-log snapshot for the latest year sized by production, labelled with each crop's leading district. Category Share shows how the pome / stone / nut / sub-tropical mix has shifted since 2004. Growth & CAGR compares the latest year-on-year change against the long-run 2004–2023 compound annual growth rate.

Filters & crop legend

Source: Digest of Statistics, UT of J&K 2023-24 · Directorate of Horticulture, Kashmir & Jammu. 2024-25 apple figure is a provisional Dept. of Agriculture Production estimate (20.56 LMT), reported to the J&K Legislative Assembly, 2025. 2014 omitted — not published in the source digest.