January 17 2014, 11:24 Fito-Mag

Netherlands lead in juice exports to Russia

Netherlands managed to get ahead of China in exports of fruit and vegetable juices to the Russian Federation in the current season.

Russia purchased 22,000 tons of Dutch juices in the period from July to November 2013, an increase of 29% compared with the first 5 months of the previous season and the highest result over the past 5 years. At the same time, imports of juices from China fell by 39%.

We would remind you that the Netherlands were the third largest exporter of fruit and vegetable juices to Russia in the season 2012/13 with only China and Ukraine exporting more.