In 5 years, the export of Ukrainian pumpkins has grown more than 12 times
Fresh Common Pumpkin
Ukraine
Published Feb 18, 2021
Tridge summary
Ukraine has found an attractive export niche, which it has been actively developing for several years - the export of fresh nutmeg (butternut squash). In addition, Ukraine supplies it mainly to the most demanding of the possible markets - the United Kingdom.
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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