The export of greenhouse vegetables is growing, but Ukraine is far from being a net exporter

Published 2024년 9월 26일

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In the latter half of 2024, Ukraine's export of greenhouse vegetables, especially cucumbers and tomatoes, showed a slow but steady increase. Analyst Evgeny Kuzin highlighted that after a sharp decline in 2022, export volumes began to recover in 2023-2024, though not sufficiently for Ukraine to regain its status as a net exporter. In May 2023, over 200 tons of Ukrainian greenhouse cucumbers were shipped to Estonia and Poland. For context, Ukraine exported more than 11,000 tons of greenhouse vegetables in 2021, while imports have consistently been around 170,000 tons annually over the past three years.

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In the second half of 2024, the export of greenhouse vegetables from Ukraine continued to grow, albeit slowly. Evgeny Kuzin, an analyst of the fruit and vegetable market in the EastFruit project, wrote about this in his article in the magazine "Gardening in Ukrainian". "In 2022, export volumes fell significantly, and in 2023-2024, they began to grow, but not at a very significant pace, sufficient for Ukraine to once again enter the number of net exporters of greenhouse products," he wrote. - For example, in May 2023, more than 200 tons of Ukrainian greenhouse cucumber went to the market of Estonia and Poland." 90% of exports of Ukrainian greenhouse products are cucumbers and tomatoes. Cucumbers are exported mainly in the first half of the year, tomatoes in the second. According to EastFruit, ...

Source: Agrotimes