Which countries' apples compete with Ukrainian ones?

The main markets for Ukrainian apples, as in the past year, remain the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Iraq. There is a possibility that this year the volume of deliveries to Europe will increase. These markets currently have enough products, the situation there is calm and does not quite correspond to the price expectations of domestic exporters, EastFruit reports. “Thus, Serbian producers at the beginning of the season came out with a price higher by $4 per bushel (18 kg) compared to today's situation. Also, Italian gardeners today supply products at unexpectedly low prices, since there were a lot of apples at the moment, and they started with a large volume,” comments Vladimir Gurzhiy, head of USPA Fruit, for AgroPortal. Read also: Apple prices in Ukraine, Poland, and Moldova will unpleasantly surprise consumers in winter In general, apples of Ukrainian origin often compete with Italian ones. “When we offer Ukrainian apples, we often encounter the argument that Italian ones ...