Blueberry producers in Ukraine plan to increase the export of fresh berries

Despite the war in Ukraine, gardeners continue to expand their business. In the 2023 season, they plan to increase export shipments of fresh blueberries. This is reported by EastFruit. Experts spoke with several large companies that grow blueberries in Ukraine. Some of the surveyed market participants continued to expand the area under blueberry in 2022. One of the arguments for the expansion of plantations was the possibility of buying seedlings at very affordable prices in 2022. As for the plans to increase blueberry exports in 2023, the arguments of the farmers came down to two reasons: It is noted that in 2022, Ukraine has already broken the blueberry export record by supplying more than 2.5 thousand tons of fresh blue berries to foreign markets. According to market participants, if there are no extreme weather conditions in the spring of 2023, the export of Ukrainian blueberries this year may exceed ...