Exports of apples on the global market decreased last year

According to statistics from the International Trade Center, the total revenue from apple exports decreased from $8.0 billion in 2021 to $6.5 billion in 2022. This was reported by the Ukrainian Agricultural Export Association. Their quantitative sales also decreased, especially for China, which lost its status as the largest exporter, and Poland, which reduced its own supplies by almost 200,000 tons. It is noted that in China, the reduction in exports was the result of a decrease in the quality and quantity of apples grown in 2021 and 2022. The loss of Polish exports is caused by the actual involvement of Belarus in the war against Ukraine and the change in Egypt's priorities, which gave preference to the use of funds for the import of grain crops. Italy, which last year took first place in this rating, exported 885,000 tons of apples, reducing sales not so significantly. The leading ten main exporters in 2022 were supplemented by the USA, South Africa, Chile, Turkey, New Zealand, ...