Ukraine expands geography and foreign sales of fruits and vegetables

When it comes to prices, the domestic market for Ukrainian blueberry producers often looks more attractive than exports. However, the situation is gradually changing, and in 9 months of this year twice as many blueberries were exported than in the whole of 2020, said the head of the State Food and Consumer Service of Ukraine Vladislava Magaletskaya during the conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine-2021. New Investment Opportunities ”, organized by the APK-Inform: Vegetables and Fruits project together with EastFruit and the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association (UPOA). The geography of foreign sales of apples and the volume of potato exports is also expanding. According to Vladislava Magaletskaya, the State Food and Consumer Service is actively working on this. "In 2020, Ukraine exported apples to 62 countries (19 thousand tons). For 9 months of this year, 10 thousand tons were exported to 65 countries (Austria, UAE, Moldova, Sweden, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Greece, ...