In 2022, Turkey continued to hold the position of the main supplier of citrus fruits to Ukraine

Published 2023년 3월 18일

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In 2022, Ukraine's imports of agricultural products saw a decrease of 21% from the previous year, with the largest category being fruits and nuts, accounting for 10.5% of the total imports. The United States was the leading supplier, followed by Turkey and Ecuador. Citrus fruits and bananas were the most imported fruits, making up 60% of the value of imports. Overall, there was a decrease in foreign purchases of all commodity items, except for watermelons and melons.

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In 2022, the largest share - 10.5% - in the structure of foreign supplies of agricultural products to Ukraine fell to the products of the "Fruits and Nuts" group: mainly due to citrus fruits, bananas, other exotic fruits - avocados, pineapples, persimmons, kiwi, and as well as grapes and stone fruits, noted the senior researcher of the Department of Economics of Agrarian Production and International Integration of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", Doctor of Economics. Bohdan Dukhnytskyi. According to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in 2022, the volume of imports of fruits and nuts amounted to 663 million dollars. USA. That's down 21% from 2021's $835 million. USA, the scientist informed. According to him, Turkey has been the main supplier of products of this group to Ukraine for at least the last 5 years, from which 220,000 tons of fruit were imported last year. Last year, Turkey's share in the value of domestic fruit imports was about a third - ...

Source: Agravery