PONT data confirm that the fruit and vegetable processing sector was one of the most affected by the pandemic, in which export sales in 2q20 decreased by 7.2% y / y, while the value of foreign sales of frozen fruit in 1q20 recorded an increase by 5.6% y / y , total sales in April and May decreased by 5.5% y / y. Significant changes in sales dynamics in relation to 1q20 were recorded in the case of exports to the Netherlands (-5.6% y / y vs + 5.7% y / y in 1q20), Sweden (-4.6% y / y vs +14 , 2% y / y), as well as Belgium (-17.8% y / y vs + 1.1% y / y). The largest decrease in demand was observed in the case of frozen black currants. Their exports in April and May decreased by 9.9% y / y as compared to an increase of ...
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