Export of Polish apples in January 2022 and 2023

January 2023 in the export of dessert apples outside the European Union brings good and bad news. As we remember, Belarus introduced the embargo at the beginning of December 2021. Thus, January 2022 was the first full month without access to the local market. In January 2023, we still cannot export to our eastern neighbor (except for pears). It is therefore worth noting that total exports are 13% higher year on year. On the other hand, it is still 3,000 tons less than 2 years ago, when we actively exported apples to Belarus. Two main conclusions can be drawn from the data. First of all, we are getting better and better at exporting apples to new markets with the simultaneous lack of access to the Belarusian market. On the other hand, it is still not enough for the domestic production potential. The most negative are the figures for Egypt (-48%). Comparing year to year, exports fell from 16.1 to 8.3 thousand tonnes. The largest increase is recorded in ...