UPOA: Imports of exotic fruits to Ukraine increased by 23%

Fresh Banana

Fresh Orange

Cashew Nut Kernel

Fruits

Ukraine

Published Sep 7, 2020

Tridge summary

In the first 6 months of 2020, Ukraine increased imports of fruits, berries and nuts by 23% in value and 12% in kind. From January to June, 443 thousand tons of fruit and berry products were imported, with a total value of $ 333 million. In the first part of the review, the specialists of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association examined the reasons for the increase in foreign purchases of fruits and berries, which are traditionally grown in Ukraine.

Original content

In the second part of this material, UPOA examines how the supply of exotic fruits has changed over the year. In the structure of imports of fruits, berries and nuts, the main part is occupied by such positions as citrus fruits and bananas, which account for 39% and 29%, respectively, of the total import of fresh fruit and berry products. For 6 months of 2020, Ukraine imported 181.7 thousand tons of citrus fruits with a total value of $ 129.3 million. For comparison, a year earlier, the same indicators were 169.7 thousand tons and $ 101.9 million, respectively. Foreign purchases of bananas have also increased compared to the previous season. If in the first half of last year 149.2 thousand tons of these fruits were imported, with a total value of $ 85 million, then this season supplies reached 174.3 thousand tons in quantity and $ 96.2 million in value. “Today it is possible to consider such commodity items as oranges, tangerines and bananas as exotic products only conditionally, ...

Source: Eastfruit