In this scientific article, the authors examined the change in global production and international trade in apples. This fruit is one of the most important among other types of fruit and berry products, both in terms of global gross harvest and in terms of their export and import parameters. Currently, it is cultivated on an industrial scale on almost all continents, but in some countries its cultivation has been predominantly developed in their national horticulture. During 1961-2020 volumes of its global production increased from 17.054 million tons to 86.443 million tons (5.07 times), exports from 1.609 million tons to 8.201 million tons (5.1 times), and imports from 1.511 million tons up to 7.965 million tons (by 5.27 times). Part of the resulting crop is processed, including into apple juice, which is also involved in international trade. We have identified 20 states each, which are leaders in gross yields, physical exports and imports of apples. In the top ten rankings for production in 2020 were China, the USA, Turkey, Poland, India, Italy, Iran, Russia, France, Chile. Together, these ten countries accounted for 75.99% of the global gross harvest of the fruit in question. In terms of its exports, China, Italy, the USA, Chile, Poland, South Africa, France, New Zealand, Iran, and the Netherlands were included in the corresponding rating. In total, these ten states provided 74.05% of the physical parameters of global apple exports. Russia, Germany, Great Britain, Iraq, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Mexico, India, Spain, Canada were the leaders in their imports. Together, these ten countries accounted for 41.95% of global imports of the analyzed fruit.