Is a persimmon crop failure in Spain a chance for Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Georgia

Published 2021년 9월 21일

Tridge summary

The persimmon market in Europe is expected to experience high prices due to a significant decrease in Spain's harvest, which is expected to drop to 160-170 thousand tons in the 2021/22 season, primarily due to a pest outbreak. This reduction could potentially provide opportunities for persimmon-producing countries in Europe, such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Georgia, to increase their export volumes. However, the article points out that the quality and ripening methods of persimmons from these countries do not match those from Spain, which could present challenges in exporting to certain markets. Georgia is already experiencing growth in its persimmon production and exports, while Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan have substantial export volumes, mainly to Russia and the CIS countries. The article highlights the need for improving cultivation and processing techniques in Central Asia and the Caucasus to compete with the quality and transportability of Spanish persimmons.

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Original content

According to EastFruit analysts, the persimmon season in Europe is just beginning, but it is already safe to say that prices for persimmons will be relatively high. To what extent the countries of our region, namely Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Georgia, can take advantage of this, let's try to figure it out. So, today it is known that Spain, which is the leader in the world persimmon market, will receive less from 20 to 25% of the harvest. Moreover, this time the reason is not at all frosts, but in the rapid spread of the pest Planococcus (mealybug), which has affected most of the persimmon plantations in Spain. This led to an increase in the number of treatments, and hence to an increase in costs, as well as to the loss of a part of the persimmon harvest and deterioration of its quality. Spain annually exports about 210 thousand tons of persimmons, which is approximately one third of the global trade in this type of fruit. In the 2021/22 season, the export of persimmons from Spain ...

Source: Eastfruit