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Russia's apple imports down
Russia has reduced apple imports in the current season, according to the official statistics.
Imports in November amounted just to 117,000 tons, a decrease of 8% compared with the same month of the previous season.
Russia's cumulative imports of apples in July-November 2013 totaled 350,000 tons, a decrease of 12% year-on-year.
We would remind you that the Russian Federation imported 1.34 mln tons of apples in the season 2012/13 with Poland, Moldova, China, Azerbaijan and Serbia being the largest exporters.