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Season results: Ukraine earned 20% less on walnut exports

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Ukraine
Published Dec 16, 2021

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Ukraine's export revenue from the sale of walnuts (kernels and nuts in shell) at the end of the 2020/21 walnut season (October-September) decreased by 20% compared to the previous season and amounted to $ 98.6 million. This is reported by EastFruit experts. As noted, 90% of the country's revenue comes from the export of walnut kernels. At the same time, losses in the export volume amounted to 28.3% in the export of kernels - from 36 thousand tons to 25.9 thousand tons and 57.7% in the export of unshelled nuts - from 20.8 thousand tons to 8.8 thousand . T. “Of the TOP-10 countries to which Ukraine exports walnuts, sales to Turkey decreased the most - by 77% in terms of kernel volume and 69% in terms of unshelled walnuts. This is due to the tariff on imports of walnuts (both in shell and without), which Turkey has increased since December 31, 2020, to 15% for all countries of origin, with the exception of countries where a free trade agreement with Turkey is in force. The minimum ...
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