Avocado imports to Russia have quadrupled over the past 5 years, but import growth has slowed down
Fresh Avocado
Russia
Published Feb 15, 2022
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According to EastFruit analysts, the global trend of the rapid growth in the popularity of avocados has not bypassed Russia. At the end of 2021, the Russian Federation updated another record for avocado imports, despite many years of stagnation in real incomes of the population of this country and a high degree of self-isolation of the Russian market. In 2021, 54 thousand tons of fresh avocados were imported to Russia, which is 14% or 6.5 thousand tons more than a year earlier. Accordingly, the growth rate of imports decreased by almost two times.
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In 2020, imports grew by 33% or almost 12 thousand tons. In general, over the past five years, the volume of avocado imports to Russia has increased by 4.4 times. Do Russians consume a lot or a few avocados? The average per capita consumption of avocados in Russia is about 0.37 kg per person, which is about 10-15% higher than the level of consumption in neighboring Ukraine. However, the average resident of the Russian Federation consumes approximately 10 times less avocados than the same resident of the United States, Australia or New Zealand, which are world leaders in this indicator among countries importing avocados. In countries where avocados are grown for export, consumption rates are many times higher even than in the United States. For example, the average Mexican consumes more than 8 kg of avocados per year. Europeans consume about three times less avocados than Americans, but 3-4 times more than Russians. And in the EU, avocado consumption is growing at a fast pace amid ...
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