The number of Ukrainian blueberries on European shelves is growing

Ukrainian blueberries not only increased their presence on European shelves, but also maintained a better price than last year on the domestic market of Ukraine. President of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association (UPOA) Taras Bashtannik spoke about this in a SEEDS commentary. “If we break it down into main crops, blueberries were exported significantly more this year. This is the merit of the largest Ukrainian manufacturers and exporters. This allowed not only to increase the presence of Ukrainian blueberries on European shelves, but also kept a good price 20% higher than last year on the domestic market of Ukraine, because the market was a little freed up for smaller and medium-sized producers and for those who are not exporting sent. For raspberries, the market has changed for the worse in terms of price, but this has nothing to do with the war, it is due to the absolutely expected planned overproduction on the raspberry market, which we have observed over the past two ...