Ukrainian apples are actively conquering Africa

Ukraine is beginning to "feel" export opportunities in the African fresh apple market. This was reported by east-fruit.com, writes agronews.ua. "In the 2020/21 season, Ukraine increased apple exports to sub-Saharan Africa six times and brought exports to a record 630 tons. And although this is less than 4% of total apple exports, but the trend itself can not but rejoice. It should also be noted that if in the 2020/21 season Ukrainian apples were supplied to only two countries in the region, last season the geography of exports included nine countries. This means that the apple from Ukraine is becoming increasingly popular in Africa. In Africa, there is an emerging trend among fruit importers to import apples from Ukraine and the level of interest in Ukrainian products is growing. Our colleagues from the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association confirm that there are more and more requests for apples from the region, ”said Andriy Yarmak, an economist with the Food and Agriculture ...