Every year, Ukraine imports 100,000 tons of greenhouse tomatoes

The analyst of the EastFruit project Yevhen Kuzin told the magazine "Gardening in Ukrainian" about this, writes AgroTimes. According to the expert, Turkey remains the main supplier of greenhouse products to Ukraine - it accounts for 85% of all imports of tomatoes and cucumbers, 90% of zucchini and 2/3 of peppers. Poland is in second place with up to 10% of tomato imports and a third of lettuce imports. This is followed by other EU countries plus Georgia and Uzbekistan, which are the main suppliers of greenhouse greens to Ukraine, accounting for about 80% of this import. Kuzin noted the further decrease in the volume of the Ukrainian greenhouse vegetable market in two main categories — tomatoes and cucumbers, and the simultaneous increase in the share of imported products since the beginning of the war. ...