Ukraine: It became known why the area under watermelons is sharply reduced

Published 2021년 8월 19일

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Over the past five years, the sown areas for watermelons in Ukraine have decreased by 10%, covering 46.5 thousand hectares in 2020. The country produced approximately 400 thousand tons of watermelons, with 38% of that production found in the Kherson region. Only about 8% of this production was exported, with the main recipients being Moldova, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Belarus. Ukraine's watermelon consumption is relatively low at 4 kg per person per year, and imports make up 1% of the total consumption.

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Over the past 5 years, sown areas under watermelons in Ukraine have decreased by 10%. In 2020, they amounted to 46.5 thousand hectares. This was reported by UCAB, writes agronews.ua. In total, about 400 thousand tons of watermelons are grown in Ukraine. More than a third of this volume - 38% - in the Kherson region. As for world production, 80% of watermelons are grown in Asia. - Last year, about 8% of Ukrainian watermelons were exported. Due to the significant weight of this product, its main buyers were countries located geographically close to Ukraine: Moldova (29% of Ukrainian export earnings), Poland (21%), Latvia (17%), Lithuania (15%) and Belarus (10%). ), - said Svitlana Lytvyn, an analyst at UCAB. She also noted that the import of watermelons to Ukraine is very small and accounts for about 1% of the total Ukrainian consumption fund. By the way, the level of watermelon consumption in ...

Source: AgronewsUA