One of the countries reduced import of Ukrainian apples

Singapore has sharply reduced apple imports in 2021, despite lower prices. For the first time in recent years, there is no Ukraine among the suppliers of fresh apples to Singapore. This was reported by east-fruit, writes agronews.ua. In the first three quarters of 2021, this Asian country imported 27.2 thousand tons of fresh apples - 17% or 5.4 thousand tons less than in the same period in 2020. At the same time, imports fell from all five major supplier countries: China, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and France. Interestingly, China, which had surplus stocks of apples and offered them at a record low price during the first nine months of 2021, also reduced their exports to Singapore. Against this background, the sharp rise in imports of apples to Singapore from Turkey and Italy is noteworthy. Turkey was able to increase apple exports to this country by 62%, and Italy - by 73%. By the way, we have been paying attention to the Turkish apple phenomenon for a long ...