Record potato exports and failure of watermelon sales; results of October 2021 in Ukraine

Published 2022년 1월 13일

Tridge summary

In October, Ukraine set records in the export of several vegetables and fruits, including potatoes, cabbage, apples, and tangerines, while facing a historical low in watermelon exports. Potatoes were heavily exported to Belarus and Russia, with a significant decrease in imports due to high domestic production. Cabbage found a high demand in the Russian market, with half of the record 370 tons exported to Belarus. Onion exports saw a drastic decrease due to crop failures and quality issues, with the market now limited to Lithuania and Romania. Apples saw a significant increase in exports, reaching the highest in at least the last four years, with exports to a variety of countries including Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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The second month of autumn for the Ukrainian foreign trade in vegetables and fruits turned out to be significant, and the country managed to set several records at once during this period. Thus, the export of potatoes turned out to be the highest in recent years, and the volume of foreign sales of cabbage, apples and tangerines reached record levels for October. At the same time, Ukraine was forced to sharply reduce the export of onions due to rising prices for these products, and the supply of watermelons to export markets in general in 2021 set a historical anti-record. Trade Alerts. Ukraine. Borscht set vegetables The most serious changes in exports and imports of Ukraine in October were recorded in the segment of borscht vegetables. Thus, rather low prices for potatoes on the Ukrainian market allowed the country to increase exports from 14 tons in October 2020 to a record 4.3 thousand tons in the same month last year. The main part of this volume was purchased by importers ...

Source: Eastfruit