New records of the Ukrainian apple season

Published 2025년 3월 15일

Tridge summary

The Ukrainian apple market is experiencing significant volatility, with prices dropping to the point where cultivation is not profitable and rising to surpass the prices of foreign fruits, encouraging the planting of new orchards and the investment in modern technologies. The market's fluctuations are largely driven by export demand and prices, as seen this marketing year which set new records for volume at record lows and prices at record highs due to increased demand for industrial raw materials and active trading by exporters aware of the lower than usual harvest. Domestic retailers are paying competitive prices for high-quality Ukrainian apples, leading to intense competition for these apples both domestically and internationally.

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Original content

The apple market in Ukraine is volatile and unpredictable. One season, apple prices fall to a minimum, not even justifying the costs of growing the crop, and the next they rise above the prices of some overseas fruits, which motivates producers to plant new orchards and invest in modern technologies, writes "ProAgro Group". Another factor that determines the dynamics of the domestic apple market is export - the demand of importing countries and the prices of this demand also have a significant impact on horticulture. This happened this marketing year, which has not yet ended, but has already set new records. In particular, the head of USPA Fruit Volodymyr Gurzhiy emphasized this in a publication for Fresh Plaza. According to him, the current export season for Ukrainian apples turned out to be shorter than any of those he had observed, and also a record low in volume at record high prices. One of the reasons for this was the high demand prices for industrial raw materials, so ...

Source: Agravery