Russia and Belarus remain without apples

Spring frosts and hail caused significant damage to Russian and Belarusian horticulture, especially pear and apple. EastFruit reports. In some regions, losses reach 70% of the harvest. Generally speaking, the decrease in production reached 30-35%. At the same time, there is a decrease in the quality of products, which will affect their storage. According to analysts, all this will lead to the fact that by the spring of next year apple prices in Belarus and Russia will reach record levels. Theoretically, Moscow can replace the losses with imports, but earlier the Russians themselves prohibited themselves from importing fruit from most of the countries that act as producers of this product. This applies to the European Union, Moldova and, of course, Ukraine. Currently, the Russians import apples through complex and expensive schemes: Belarus and Kazakhstan help them in this. However, it is not cheap, because intermediaries charge a lot of money for loading products. It is known that ...