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Ukrainian apple importers have increased prices for the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Sweden by 25% to 60% for the 2024/25 season, due to decreased harvest and regional production decline, and rising prices for apple concentrate. The increase in prices is also attributed to the shift of producers towards more profitable concentrate production, leading to a decrease in the supply of cheap, low-quality apples on the fresh market. Experts predict price records may be updated and exports will be minimal.
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This season, Ukrainian importers managed to significantly increase the prices of apples supplied to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Sweden. This is reported by EastFruit. The project experts note a sharp increase in export prices for Ukrainian apples in the 2024/25 season. “In particular, the most significant increase in average export prices was noted for apple supplies to the UAE, where importers this season paid 40-60% more for Ukrainian fruits. Also, export prices for Ukrainian apples supplied to Saudi Arabia, which is the main sales market for this category of products in the current season, increased quite significantly - by 30-40%. A similar price increase is observed in apple exports to Kuwait. Sweden, one of the main buyers of Ukrainian apples in the EU, paid an average of 25% more than a year ago,” the report says. According to Andriy Yarmak, economist at the Investment Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ...
Source: Agrotimes
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