Is it possible to export onions and potatoes from Ukraine to Africa?

Published 2021년 3월 22일

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Artyom Gudkov, co-founder of GUDIT, believes Sub-Saharan Africa is an underutilized sales market for agricultural products. While the Netherlands exports 500 thousand tons of onions annually to the region, Ukraine is not capitalizing on these opportunities, only exporting a small amount of apples and onions. The lack of engagement is attributed to the EU's established presence, efficient logistics, and quality control in Africa, which Ukraine currently cannot match. Gudkov stresses the importance of direct business contacts and a physical presence in the region for success in the African market.

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Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most undervalued sales markets in the world. This opinion was expressed by Artyom Gudkov, co-founder of Global Ukrainian Distribution, Investment and Trading Company Limited (GUDIT), in an exclusive interview with EastFruit about the specifics of doing business and trading in vegetables and fruits in Tanzania and Africa in general. According to EastFruit analysts, the Netherlands alone exports about 500 thousand tons of onions annually to the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. This region also imports tens of thousands of tons of fresh marketable potatoes from the European Union, and this does not include seed. Unfortunately, Ukraine today hardly uses the market opportunities of Sub-Saharan Africa. Although, as Andrei Yarmak, an economist at the investment department of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), who conducted the interview, noted that Ukraine at least sells minimal volumes of fruits and vegetables to the region - about one and a ...

Source: Eastfruit