Ukraine has become one of the main suppliers of frozen berries in the USA

Published 2024년 5월 7일

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Over the last year, Ukraine has significantly increased its presence in the US frozen raspberry market, becoming one of the top five largest suppliers with an export volume of 265 tons from April 2023 to March 2024. This growth has positioned Ukraine above many traditional suppliers like Poland, Belgium, and China, trailing only behind Serbia. Despite the ongoing war, Ukraine's raspberry cultivation areas remained stable in 2024, indicating resilience and potential for global market leadership. Additionally, the article touches on the broader agricultural sector, mentioning a substantial financial need for the restoration of the Kakhovskaya HPP in Ukraine and discussing the impact of Ukrainian agricultural exports on Poland's soft fruit market.

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According to the results of the last 12 months, Ukraine entered the TOP-5 largest suppliers of frozen raspberries to the US market in terms of export volumes, surpassing all non-American suppliers, except for Serbia. This is reported by EastFruit analysts. For comparison, Poland, which protects its market from Ukrainian raspberries, continues to lose positions in this ranking and has already dropped to eighth place. From April 2023 to March 2024, Ukraine exported 265 tons of frozen raspberries to the US market. At the end of 2023, there was a radical change from single trial deliveries to systematic export in batches of 2-3 sea containers per month. This was enough to overtake such system exporters as Poland, Belgium, France, China and Morocco in terms of export volume in the US market. According to analysts, even 10 years ago, Ukraine practically did not export frozen raspberries at all, the world market was completely dominated by the USA and Serbia. Only in 2018-2019, Ukraine ...

Source: Agropolit