Wild blueberries: What harvest should we expect, and is Ukraine to blame again?

Published 2023년 7월 6일

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The price of wild blueberries, a major export crop for Ukraine, has seen a significant decline despite expectations of a low harvest. This is concerning for exporters as frozen wild blueberries have been a significant source of export earnings for Ukraine. Frozen berry prices in the EU have fallen across the board, and this may result in a situation where all the main berry crops are sold at similar prices, potentially impacting the frozen currants market.

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According to EastFruit, information has recently begun to appear on the market about a fairly rapid decline in prices for wild blueberries, which is one of the main export crops of Ukraine. And this despite the fact that earlier there were many reports on the market about the expectation of a low harvest of this crop in Ukraine, Poland, and other countries of the region. This causes serious concern among the frostbiteers, because until recently, it was the export of frozen wild blueberries that brought the largest amount of export earnings in the fruit and vegetable export segment to Ukraine. By the way, Ukraine is one of the world's largest exporters of this berry. Therefore, in addition to the shocking situation in the market of frozen and fresh raspberries, there are problems with the second largest export position for Ukrainian freezers. At the moment, in the EU, the purchase prices for frozen wild blueberries have fallen to 1.9-2.0 euros for the first class and to 1.4 euros ...

Source: Eastfruit