Ukraine needs to pay attention to Japan's growing frozen raspberry market

Frozen Raspberry

Japan

Ukraine

Published Jan 12, 2022

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EastFruit analysts draw the attention of Ukrainian exporters to a very promising, but not yet mastered frozen raspberry market - the Japanese market. Last year, Japan, according to preliminary estimates, increased imports of raspberries by 25% in value and 5% in physical terms. Against the background of a sharp rise in world prices for frozen raspberries, other countries are reducing imports, but Japan has continued to increase purchases of these berries, experts say.

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"Japan is interesting, first of all, because it is one of the most stable markets in the world, which shows a steady growth trend. The second reason why Ukrainian exporters should pay attention to the Japanese market is the high level of prices at high, of course, requirements for the quality of products supplied to the market. And the third reason is that the main competitors of Ukraine, Serbia and Poland are already supplying frozen raspberries to Japan, and Serbia is the second largest supplier of this berry after Chile to the Land of the Rising Sun, "said the economist of the Investment Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization. UN Andriy Yarmak. Chile and Serbia in 2021 will provide up to 65-70% of all supplies of frozen raspberries to the Japanese market. New Zealand and the United States account for another 12% of all Japanese imports of this product. The share of frozen raspberry imports from Denmark, Poland and France is about 2% per country. Interestingly, even ...

Source: Agrobusiness