An unexpected breakthrough with the export of Bulgarian potatoes in 2022

Published 2022년 12월 29일

Tridge summary

Bulgaria's agricultural sector has seen a continued trend of dependence on imports and low exports of fresh vegetables and fruits in the first nine months of 2022, with a slight decrease in import volumes and a slight increase in export volumes, largely due to the high prices and re-export of unsold citrus fruits. Import data shows a decrease in grapes, melons, and cherries, but an increase in watermelons, apples, and strawberries, with citrus and bananas being the most imported fruits. Export data shows a significant decrease in traditional export vegetables and a notable increase in watermelon exports, while exports of other fruits such as cherries, nuts, strawberries, peaches, sour cherries, apples, plums, and grapes have seen a decrease.

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Original content

And this year, Bulgaria confirms the unfortunate trend of huge imports of fruits and vegetables and minimal exports, with the difference that because of the high prices, the import of these goods is decreasing. The data is confirmed by the latest analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture, which shows that for the nine months of 2022 - up to and including September, the import of fresh vegetables decreased by nearly 6%. In fruits, there is a growth of 10%, but it is fraudulent because due to the reduced consumption, a large part of the citrus fruits not sold on the domestic market was re-exported. About 45% of fresh fruit imports in the nine months of 2022 were citrus and bananas - a total of 131,300 tonnes, up 1.4% year-on-year. The supply of watermelons (17.4%) and apples (12.7%) occupies a relatively large share of imports, with annual growth of 20.1% and 31.6%, respectively. Imported quantities of strawberries, nuts, peaches, apricots and plums ranged from 4.6% (strawberries) to ...

Source: Sinor