Ukraine has exported a record amount of onions over the past eight years

This was reported by east-fruit.com. It is noted that this was the largest volume of exports in the last eight seasons, but not a record, because in the season 2012/13, ie nine years ago, Ukraine exported 54.3 thousand tons of onions. "It is likely that such an export result should not be considered a great success. The fact is that throughout the previous season the price of onions in Ukraine remained at a record low - about $ 0.09 / kg, despite the fact that prices in the EU were much higher. Ukraine remained the country with the lowest onion price in the world all season, and last year's average export price was the lowest in four years. This indicates inefficient export efforts and low quality parameters, as Ukrainian vegetable growers are still focused on growing raw materials rather than finished products, ”said Andriy Yarmak, an economist with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). According to him, if onion production in Ukraine from the ...