The collapse of prices in the blueberry market in Europe: A market overview from EastFruit

The blueberry season has begun in Poland and Ukraine, the two largest producing and exporting countries of this berry in Eastern Europe. In Georgia, the season has actually ended - the last batches are being sold on the market. Before the start of the season, there were many pessimistic price forecasts, given the rapid growth in the area under the berry. Therefore, EastFruit project analysts have prepared an overview of the blueberry market in the EU countries as a whole, as well as separately in Poland, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. It should be noted that in the countries of Central Asia, blueberries are still expensive exotics and are almost not grown, although the first commercial plantations have already appeared, and in Moldova, the area under the berry remains relatively low. But Ukraine, Poland and Georgia for three grow and export quite significant volumes of this berry. Harvest and the impact of weather conditions on production volumes and quality Despite the rather cold ...