Bulgaria turns out to be the weakest producer of apples, but on the other hand, imports are growing

Published 2021년 12월 28일

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Bulgaria is the least productive country in the EU for apple production, with[/INST] According to EU statistics, Bulgaria does not contribute to apple production, while imports from countries such as Poland, Germany, Italy, and Greece are on the rise. The majority of these apples are sold through foreign retail chains and wholesale warehouses, often labeled as 'Bulgarian' products. This situation has led to a dominance of imported apples in the Bulgarian market, despite the potential for local production.

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Bulgaria is the weakest producer of apples in the EU, followed only by Denmark and Finland, where there are no climatic conditions for growing apples. Along with the data from the official EU statistics, which show how agricultural Bulgaria does not produce apples, the same official data show how the import of apples from Poland, Germany, Italy and Greece is becoming more and more. Market sales are mainly through two channels: foreign retail chains and sales through wholesale warehouses, which charge mainly the so-called. "cooperative markets", which instead of being a place for market realization of local production, have become over the years markets for resellers. This is how ...

Source: Selo