Increase in carrot imports, decrease in imports of persimmons and grapes, results of December 2022 in Ukraine

With the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the fruit and vegetable business of Ukraine was forced to survive and find solutions to the problems that arose. The current situation has made its changes in the foreign trade in fruits and vegetables. Ukraine has turned from an exporting country into an importer. In 2022, there was an increase in imports for many positions of vegetables and fruits, and the final month of the year was no exception. EF Trade Alerts. Ukraine. Vegetables. On the eve of the New Year, the demand for carrots intensified. The reason for the increase in demand for these root crops, EastFruit experts call the intensification of purchasing activities by large wholesale companies and retail chains, as well as the completion of the sale of products from unequipped storage facilities. This allowed Ukrainian farmers to confidently raise selling prices for carrots. Against the background of rising prices, the volumes of purchases of this ...