Russia expands the geography of frozen raspberry imports despite high prices

EastFruit analysts, in their study of trends in the global frozen raspberry market, noted that Russia has taken second place in the world in terms of increasing imports of these berries, second only to Poland in this indicator. Interestingly, despite the rapidly growing world prices for raspberries, Russia continued to increase imports in 2021. Since the raspberry harvest in Serbia has fallen sharply, imports from this country have also declined, and alternative suppliers have had to be sought. Read also: Detailed analysis of the situation on the regional market of frozen fruits and berries in 2021 Against this background, the import of raspberries, obviously produced in the EU countries and in Ukraine through Belarus, has grown sharply. In the first 10 months of 2021, imports of frozen raspberries from Belarus to Russia increased by a third and reached 14,000 tons. However, the most interesting was the involvement in this business of completely new countries that had not ...