South Korea: Jeju tangerines exports to Russia increase, increased by 90% compared to the previous year

(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ho-cheon = Jeju tangerine exports to Russia this year are expected to increase significantly. On the 26th, the Jeju headquarters of Nonghyup announced the production forecast and distribution plan for open-field tangerines produced in 2023, predicting that more than 3,000 tons of open-field tangerines produced this year will be exported to Russia. This is an increase of more than 90.8% from last year’s export volume of 1,572 tons. Russia has been the largest exporter of Jeju tangerines, but imports of low-priced tangerines from China, which had been suspended due to an outbreak of fruit flies, resumed and the war in Ukraine led to a sharp decline in Jeju tangerine exports. In fact, Jeju tangerine exports to Russia peaked at 5,026 tons in 2021 and then plummeted by a whopping 68.7% last year. The Nonghyup Jeju headquarters analyzed that export prospects were dark due to the prolonged war with Ukraine and the continued impact of economic sanctions, ...