Drop in blueberry imports and growth in exports of frozen berries in July -EF Trade Alerts

Published Oct 8, 2021

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In July of this year, Ukraine expectedly reduced the import of blueberries, while the export of frozen garden strawberries and raspberries increased significantly in comparison with the previous lean year. At the same time, Ukrainian exporters have sharply reduced the export of onion, although before that it continued to demonstrate record figures. In July 2021, it is also worth noting the record import of tomatoes for this month and the continued growth of imports of melons and gourds. Trade Alerts. Ukraine.

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July 2021 After the previous season, which turned out to be quite difficult for freezers of berries due to the shortage of high-quality raw materials in summer and high prices for them, the export of frozen berries from Ukraine went up again. Thus, the export of frozen raspberries in July 2021 increased two and a half times, and the supply of frozen garden strawberries more than tripled! The main buyer of these frozen berries from Ukraine was Poland, which bought about 70% of the total Ukrainian export. The remaining volumes were mainly supplied to the markets of Germany, Czech Republic, France, Austria and other EU countries. More favorable weather conditions this spring also contributed to the decline in fresh blueberry imports, which broke all records in 2020. So, in July of this year, Ukrainian importers purchased only 24 tons of this berry, which was 10 times less than in the same month in 2020. In the vegetable segment of Ukrainian imports, there was also a decrease in ...

Source: Eastfruit