In 5 years, the export of Ukrainian pumpkins has grown more than 12 times

Published 2021년 2월 17일

Tridge summary

In 2020, Ukraine saw a significant increase in pumpkin exports, setting a new record with a 76% rise to nearly 2 thousand tons, a 12+ times increase from 2016. The UK was the primary importer, receiving about half of these exports, which increased by 20% in both volume and value. Ukraine also expanded its pumpkin exports to Romania and the UAE, and there is potential for growth in the UK and EU markets, especially during the off-season from the Southern Hemisphere. This growth is part of a larger trend of diversifying fruit and vegetable exports, driven in part by the closure of the Russian market in 2015.

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Original content

Despite Brexit in 2020, Ukraine was able to sharply increase pumpkin exports again and set a new export record for the year. In 2020, pumpkin exports from Ukraine increased by 76% to almost 2 thousand tons. Moreover, compared to the volume of deliveries only five years ago, the export of Ukrainian pumpkin increased more than 12 times, as in 2016 Ukrainian exporters sold only 164 tons of pumpkin abroad. In monetary terms, pumpkins brought Ukrainian exporters 783.6 thousand US dollars in revenue, of which about half a million - is revenue from supplies to the UK. Last year, the UK imported about half of all Ukrainian pumpkin exported - 972 tons, and supplies to this country increased by 20% per year in kind and more significantly in value terms, as average pumpkin prices rose. Given that the UK imports more than 70 thousand tons of pumpkin a year, Ukraine has not yet exhausted all the possibilities of supplying these vegetables to the United Kingdom, as the share of Ukraine in ...

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