Azerbaijan: Apple exports up in 2022, persimmons down

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Published Feb 25, 2023

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Azerbaijan is summing up the export of fruits and vegetables in 2022. The volume of foreign supplies of apples increased by more than 20%, but the export of persimmon fell by 8%. The country exported 147,632 tons of fresh persimmons in 2022, which is 15.2% less than in 2021, the government told Interfax-Azerbaijan.

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Azerbaijan is summing up the export of fruits and vegetables in 2022. The volume of foreign supplies of apple increased by more than 20%, but the export of persimmon fell by 8%. The country exported 147,632 tons of fresh persimmons in 2022, which is 15.2% less than in 2021, the government told Interfax-Azerbaijan. Persimmon export revenue in 2022 amounted to $91 million 586.68 thousand (a decrease of 12.5%). The main export of these products fell on Russia: in 2022, 130.927 thousand tons of fresh persimmons were exported to the Russian Federation (a decrease of 8.4%) in the amount of $106 million 412.61 thousand (a decrease of 9.14%). In general, the Russian Federation accounted for 88.7% of the total export of fresh persimmons from Azerbaijan. The second major exporter was Ukraine, where 14.124 thousand tons were sent in the amount of $4 million 787.32 thousand. In 2021, Azerbaijan exported 174.158 thousand tons of persimmons in the amount of $125 million 895.03 thousand. The ...

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