Russia may increase self-sufficiency in apples to over 85% in 2025

Russia's self-sufficiency in apples by the end of 2024 will be about 79.3%, in 2025 the figure may increase to more than 85% due to increased production. This was reported to TASS by Dmitry Leonov, deputy chairman of the board of the Rusprodsoyuz association. "In the current agricultural year, the market volume will be about 2 million tons. Average per capita consumption will be at the level of 13.8 kg, and self-sufficiency will be about 79.3%. At the same time, already in the next agricultural year, we can predict a recovery in the market volume due to increased production and an increase in self-sufficiency to more than 85%," Leonov said. The expert also said that apples are mainly imported to the Russian market from Moldova, Serbia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, South Africa, China and Belarus. "In the current agricultural year, in the context of a slight reduction in production, import supplies may increase somewhat, while in the medium term, the import of imported apples to the Russian ...