Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Still moderate demand for apples for processing in Russia
The demand for apples for processing is still moderate in the Russian Federation due to low sales of end products with the most serious problems being faced by AJC (apple juice concentrate) manufacturers.
Nevertheless, taking into account a further decrease in supply of raw apples due to a seasonal factor, processing factories rarely revise purchase prices. For the present, apples for processing are shipped at RUB 4-6/kg (EUR 0.09-0.14/kg) in the majority of cases. Only in some cases, prices go down to RUB 3.50/kg (EUR 0.08/kg) in the southern regions of Russia.
At the same time, purchase prices are averagely 25% higher year-on-year. In the same period of the previous season, apples were shipped for processing at no higher than RUB 3-5/kg (EUR 0.07-0.12/kg).
We would remind you that more information about current developments and future prospects in the Ukrainian and Russian fruit and vegetable markets is available for subscribers of Fruit-Inform Weekly service package.