EF Trade Alerts in increasing imports of potatoes, broccoli and raspberries in Russia

The main event in the foreign trade in fruits and vegetables in Russia in October this year, as in the previous month, was the uncharacteristically high import of potatoes, which became possible due to record high prices in the domestic market of the country. In addition, Russia imported this month's largest volume of broccoli and cauliflower in October, as well as increased imports of pumpkin and zucchini. The growth of foreign purchases, and quite sharp, was also recorded in the raspberry segment, while the import of peaches decreased in comparison with the previous year. EF Trade Alerts. Russia. Vegetables borsch set Potatoes in the Russian Federation continued to set autumn import records against the background of a decrease in the yield of local products and serious problems with their quality. If in September the country imported almost 10 thousand tons of potatoes, then a month later the volume of purchases exceeded 24 thousand tons, which was four times higher than in ...