Ukraine is losing its position in Singapore's fresh apple market

In 2021, Ukraine continued to lose its position in the Singapore fresh apple market. According to the results of the calendar year, Ukraine took only the 14th place in the ranking of the largest suppliers of apples to this country, delivering only 42 tons of apples - the same as in 2020. This was reported by east-fruit.com. Among European suppliers, Ukraine is also ahead of Serbia and Croatia in terms of apple supplies to Singapore. At the same time, Croatia has not previously supplied apples to the Singapore market, and Serbia has increased exports by 1.5 times in 2021. The largest volumes of European apples in this country in the ASEAN region were exported by France and Italy - 1.9 and 0.7 thousand tons, respectively. Thus, Ukraine ranked only fifth among the largest European suppliers of apples to Singapore. “After a sharp increase in apple imports in 2020, in 2021 we saw a downward trend in apple supplies to this country, despite relatively low apple prices in the region. At ...