Ukraine was on the record for exporting apples to Malaysia before the Russian invasion

Published Apr 19, 2022

Tridge summary

In the first two months of 2022, Ukraine achieved a record export of apples to Malaysia, delivering 390 tons, which is three times more than the previous year and 10% more than the maximum for that period. This positioned Ukraine as the fifth largest supplier of apples to Malaysia. However, the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops disrupted these export plans, leaving significant volumes of apples in storage and causing damage to gardens and vaults. The conflict is expected to slow down the development of new gardens in Ukraine. Despite these challenges, Ukraine is still expected to have a high apple crop in 2022, which could bring export earnings to its gardeners.

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Original content

According to EastFruit analysts, in the first two months of 2022, Ukraine delivered a record number of apples to Malaysia and was one of the five largest apple suppliers to this Asian country in terms of this indicator. In January-February 2022, Ukrainian gardeners and traders exported 390 tons of fresh apples to the Malaysian market, which is three times more than in the same period in 2021 and 10% more than the previous maximum figure for this period. “Before the treacherous invasion of Russian troops into the territory of sovereign Ukraine, Ukrainian exporters in calendar year 2022 were ahead of France, Italy, the Netherlands and Serbia in terms of apple exports to Malaysia. Ahead of Ukraine, in terms of fresh apple exports to the Malaysian market, were only China, South Africa, Turkey and the United States. At the same time, exporters had big plans for further confirmed deliveries, and consumers of Ukrainian apples in Malaysia were very satisfied with their quality. However, ...

Source: Eastfruit