Ukraine expects to harvest more apples next season

Published Sep 3, 2021

Tridge summary

The Ukrainian apple season is set to begin, with expectations of a larger harvest than the previous season. Last year's season was challenging, with a small harvest leading to delayed sales and market flooding. Despite these challenges, USPA Fruit, an apple export company, expanded into new markets and had success in the Middle East, South East Asia, and Africa. This year, due to favourable weather conditions and larger harvest estimates, prices are expected to be lower. USPA Fruit has also launched a free agricultural consultancy project for growers, aiming to increase the volume of export apples.

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The Ukrainian apple season will start soon. The harvest is expected to be larger than in the 2020/21 season. One exporter looks back on the challenges of last season, when growers kept their apples in storage in the hope that prices would be better towards the end of the season. According to Volodymyr Gurzhiy, director of the Ukrainian apple export company USPA Fruit, the previous season has not turned out as growers had hoped. "The 2020/21 Ukrainian apple season was difficult as we had a small harvest for the second year in a row. Most apple growers kept their apples in storage in the hope that prices would be better towards the end of the season. This created a strong demand caused the price to rise slightly, but the price was still below average at the end of the season and everyone was forced to remove their apples from the cold stores at the same time, flooding the market within a short time. impact and our key markets in Asia have not yet recovered.” “As usual, USPA Fruit ...

Source: AGF